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Professor of Literature at Stanford University, Albert Gerard, has been awarded the Prize Essay IX "Miguel Espinosa. The jury recognized the originality and brilliance of the trial, which" shows an extraordinary knowledge of classical culture and contemporary from Shakespeare's sonnets, painting or literature Friedrich Mann to the songs of Janis Joplin.
All this, moreover, expressed in a clear style and fun for the reader. "
The jury was made public yesterday to coincide with the publication of The venal muse, Ferrándiz Raúl Rodríguez, Miguel Espinosa winner of last year.
The presentation of the book, published by "Three Borders" was held in the afternoon yesterday at the Regional Library of Murcia with the mayor of Caravaca, Domingo Aranda, the Director of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage, Enrique Ujaldón, the president of the Philosophical Society of the Region of Murcia, Nieves Molina, and the author himself.
"This is a book written with tremendous intelligence and agility on the complex phenomenon of mass culture", in the words of Henry Ujaldón.
The mayor said that this award, sponsored by the City of Caravaca with the collaboration of the Directorate General for Books, Philosophy Society of the Region of Murcia and the Library Saavedra Fajardo, "helps to keep the figure of Miguel Espinosa At the same time, to promote the city of Caravaca among many philosophers of Spain and America in recent years involved in this tournament. "
Miguel Espinosa.
Caravaca de la Cruz, 1926 - Murcia, 1982.
Miguel Espinosa Girones born in Caravaca de la Cruz in the heart of a wealthy family, made up of the marriage of Juan Espinosa M and Wonders Gironés Robles.
The house where he was born Miguel Espinosa is located in the vicinity of convents and monasteries founded by St. Teresa of Jesus and San Juan de Ávila, Miguel Espinosa authors will read from a young age and will not fail to have their imprint on the future work of writer.
Begins to make elementary education in a school in Caravaca, where he soon stands out for its unusual intelligence.
When in October 1935 his family moved to Murcia, Miguel joins the Marist College, an institution must leave during the Civil War to rejoin, and finished the race.
Initial difficulties
In 1943 an event occurs that will change the situation dramatically, the death of their father and thus the family is financially helpless, as Espinosa was forced to take over the commercial representations of the father.
Miguel Espinosa and felt at this time a growing literary tradition that begins to capture on paper while working in father's business, which will gradually suffer.
After high school in 1944 and sets out to study law at the University of Murcia, where he soon acquired a reputation for unruly student, for his denunciation of the sclerosis of the university's time you considered sealed and the enemy of intelligence.
On November 3, 1951 he married Teresa Areu Artero, young apprentice seamstress who had known long before and with whom he had two sons: John and Wonderland.
By this time Espinosa had already written some essays and the novel Prometheus Bound, and in 1954 decided to begin writing the first version of what would become his most iconic, School of Mandarin, which after several updates and revisions would be published in 1974.
The year began writing the novel, known in the Café Espinosa Santos which was the muse of inspiration, a young student of chemistry called Mercedes Rodriguez Garcia, who plays several female characters in his work, including the legendary Parzenós Azenaia School of Mandarin.
Stage Madrid
While rounding the first version of Mandarin School, Espinosa is embarking on further work as Reflections on America, which came to light in 1957, which burdened by the economic hardship of his family decided to move to Madrid in 1961 search of better fortune.
Espinosa worked there in the exporting firms will recover their battered economy, simultaneously also contact reference intellectuals at the time as Enrique Tierno Galván, Ridruejo, Aranguren, etc, but soon will move away from them and the whole area artistic and intellectual of the time in an unusual exercise of voluntary encapsulation.
During his time in Madrid, Espinosa continues to write and build two new works: Asklepios, which will remain unpublished until 1985, and Form and revelation of the world (Philosophy of elucidations), which is still unpublished.
Once your economy is already restored requests transfer to Murcia in 1964 where they began the best years of the life of the charismatic writer.
Back to Murcia
In this new and happy phase of his life, Miguel Espinosa writes the third and final version of Mandarin High School, is leaving while the export business for the legal, leaving you more time serving their true vocation writing.
With mandarins finally finished school, Espinosa, not without difficulties, makes the editorial de la Frontera Barcelona Books published it in 1974.
Decision not regret publishing the flickering, as the novel a year will be awarded the City of Barcelona Award.
Espinosa published in 1980 tribo liar, part of what would be his book Tribe.
Tractatus Theologiae, causing a stir in Murcia, even to the literary esteem with which the work would be welcomed.
On April 1, 1982 Miguel Espinosa victim died of a heart attack, which would not published much of his work, which was published posthumously.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz
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