{"id":11230,"date":"2022-12-29T17:07:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T17:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/literature-joaquim-arena-is-the-winner-of-the-2022-arnaldo-franca-award"},"modified":"2022-12-29T17:14:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T17:14:58","slug":"literature-joaquim-arena-is-the-winner-of-the-2022-arnaldo-franca-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/literature-joaquim-arena-is-the-winner-of-the-2022-arnaldo-franca-award","title":{"rendered":"Literature: Joaquim Arena is the winner of the 2022 Arnaldo Fran\u00e7a Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Cape verde. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Verdean writer and journalist, Joaquim Arena, is the winner of the fifth edition of the Arnaldo Franc\u0327a Literary Prize, awarded annually by Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, in Portugal, and by Imprensa Nacional in Cape Verde.<\/p>\n

His book entitled \u201cO Sabor da A\u0301gua da Chuva and other memories of Amiga Perfeita\u201d was unanimously accepted by the jury for the prize named after the most important literary critic in Cape Verde.<\/p>\n

The jury formed by the writers Manuel Brito-Semedo, Maria de Fa\u0301tima Fernandes and Paula Mendes, the editor-in-chief of Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, highlighted the work as \u201can epistolary narrative, an original genre in Cape Verdean literature, made in a interesting approach to the Cape Verdean reality, well written and captivating to read\u201d.<\/p>\n

Honor Arnaldo Franc\u0327a and promote the Portuguese language<\/p>\n

In addition to honoring Arnaldo Franc\u0327a as an important figure in Cape Verdean literature and culture, the Arnaldo Franc\u0327a Literary Prize aims to promote the Portuguese language and literary talent in Cape Verde. In this context, it selects unpublished works of great quality in the field of literary prose, written in Portuguese, and authored by Cape Verdean citizens or residents in Cape Verde for more than 5 years.<\/p>\n

In addition to 5,000 euros, the winning work has the privilege of being published by the Portuguese National Mint Press (INCM). This year, the Arnaldo Franc\u0327a Prize had 13 candidates.<\/p>\n

Joaquim Arena: Journalist, musician and writer<\/p>\n

Joaquim Arena, born on the island of Sa\u0303o Vicente, is the son of a Portuguese father and a Cape Verdean mother. He emigrated to Portugal with his family in 1970, graduated in Law in Lisbon, and became a musician and journalist. In Cape Verde, where he currently lives, for the second time, he was advisor to the President of the Republic Jorge Carlos Fonseca, until 2021.<\/p>\n

In 2000, he published his first novel in Sa\u0303o Vicente, \u201cA lighthouse in the desert\u201d, followed by \u201cThe truth of Chindo Luz\u201d (2006) and \u201cWhere do turtles fly\u201d (2010), in Lisbon. Recently, last November, he launched \u201cSiri\u0301aco e Mister Charles\u201d in Praia<\/p>\n

He is also the author of an essay-report on his ancestors, slaves and free workers in the rice fields of the Sabo Valley, \u201cUnder our skin\u201d (2017).<\/p>\n

Joaquim Arena is a regular contributor to the Portuguese magazine LER.<\/p>\n

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