Spenido Freire receives the Anya children’s literature prize for his work “El Diario de la Pest”
The writer Freit He received the Anaya Child and Youth Literature Award His work The diary of La Pest. The ceremony took place on Tuesday and the author distinguished himself with a prize with 12,000 euros.
In the Interview table Maya Pixelskaya, presenter of the law; Espido Freire and Pablo Cruz, publisher of literature for children and young people from Grupo Anaya. Marta Martínez, CEO of Anaya and Aberlardo de la Rosa, secretary of state for education were also present.
“Culture releases ignorance. We know very well those who dedicate it to education. It is a Personal, active and social liberation toolAnd it manifests itself, has manifested itself and will continue to manifest itself through books and literature. This is a message that we try to give students in the classrooms to understand it, “said Della Rosa during the event.
For his part, Marta Martínez wanted to thank the words of the Secretary of State for the editorial and recognized the work of the underwater Freire. “Few things are powerful as a well -told story. Today we meet to celebrate that (…) this meeting allows us claim literature in its most powerful form, As an instrument of transformation, seed of critical thinking and essential impulse for the growth of our young people “, he recognized.
In The Diario de la PegeEspido Freire (Bilbao, 1974) tells the story of Elena Hurtado López de Ayala, A young woman on the run with her brother to save her life. Her daily life is interrupted when her father, Don Juan and her mother, Mrs. Magdalena, are sent to Puebla de Montalbán to investigate the brooms of the pandemic and some companies that keep there.
Elena and her brother – the only surviving heir and with a cognitive condition – must maintain their servants, who intend to kill them after hearing and suffering from all the tension that the plague and circumstances of the confinement have made them suffer. Elena discovers the servant’s plan and runs away with her brother.
“If I am clear about something, it is that literature and history teach us not only how they were the life and thought of the past, but also how we build our reality,” said the author on his work. “The Diario de la Pege Speaks of both challenges of a girl in the 16th century and of which each child faces now: who he is, the value in the face of difficult situations, The difference between appearances and reality, attitude towards agaustizia and learning of those who can trust, Among other challenges. None of this belongs only to an era, “he added.
This is the eighth work that Freire directs the younger audience after the publication of The Freccia boy, pioneers or Always tell how they have never told you.
