Artworks production to honor the winners of the "National Prize for Literature Ricardo Miró" 2019

Panama, October 22, 2019.  The Ministry of Culture awarded the winners of the 36th National Prize for Literature Ricardo Miró, writers: Arturo Wong Sagel, Edwin González, Jhavier Romero Hernández, Danae Brugiati and Pedro Crens Castro, at the National Theater.

The earlier of the ceremony was in charge of Panamanian Folk and Scenic Projections, presenting a "Bullerengue" darienite regional dance as a sign of the roots and heritage of our ancestors and the pride of being Panamanian.

The words of the Deputy Minister of Culture, Gabriel González, recalled the legacy of Panamanian writer Ricardo Miró, honoring his memory and his poetic way of narrating his experiences and fantasies.

"Books, reading and words help us to care for thought and respect what we are. Reading expands our senses and connects them with life as a whole. The Ricardo Miró prize offers us an opportunity to read new works every year that enrich our cultural passage. For what is culture itself but knowledge of ourselves through the elements that enrich our lives? The tacit episodes of culture, the new looks at the nation, are being found as this contest gives light to the new books," González expressed.

The gala that was again celebrated for the first time in a long year at our majestic and newly restored National Theater was with the participation of singer Samilka Pitre, dancer Juliet Del Castillo integral to the National Ballet of Panama under the direction of Master Diguar Sapi, the Panama Flute Choir "Maestro Eduardo Charpentier De Castro" directed by Professor Valentin Martínez, the Quinto Broncés under the direction of Prof. Faustino Sánchez C. and the presentation of the Zionist violinist Joshue Ashby and Pianist Williams.

The National Director of The Arts, Daniel Domínguez, gave an account of the activities that have been held this year at Ricardo Miró Literature Week and emphasized the importance of this contest for MiCultura.

"The youth Ministry of Culture, through the National Directorate of the Arts, succeeded in bringing events of the Ricardo Miró to the provinces of Coclé and Western Panama. The 22 activities this year had the noble intention of feeding the heart of those who are already a reader and at once we wanted to create public and awaken curiosity to become them, giving them the visibility at national level that deserves this important contest," stated the Director of The Arts.

The awarded writers of each category received medal, scroll and an sum of 15,000 pat.

Data from winners

The tale "Clan Landscape," of Arturo Wong SagelHe obtained a distinction from the jury as a whole and his coherence of tone and style stands out. He was clear and precise and suitable to every story and his diversity of issues and arguments and his mastery of structures.

A book entitled "The Retirement of Retirement and Retirement" was highlighted in poetry "Camila"of the complainant Edduin González AlarcónAccording to the jury, this work described this prize as a nude poetry, with a high-flying risk, sustained with a profound commotion and expressed with a true and desolate language.

"I get sick of being a man.", Javhier Romero HernándezIt was the play that the Jury chose because it fully develops an intimate story that grows little by little to cover a conflict of national identity.

In the essay genre the jury decided to choose the play "Mestication: Women and Myths", Danae BrugiatiThat work forms a worthy historic research effort aimed at monitoring the role of women in the cultural and population processes of the New World with a special emphasis on the Caribbean and Central America. The work has a good literary rhythm that concurrently the narrative of the facts. It's a good example of the gender historic essay that fully achieves its work.

The winning novel was "Solar Chronicles," of Pedro Crenes CastroThe Jury Highlights the philosophical and symbolic depth of the novel to narrate the passage from childhood to an adult life of a teenager in a popular neighborhood of Panama City. A novel with literary and cultural and sports references from the 1980s that challenges the power of destiny and opens up the opportunity to rewrite memory and the future.