The Queen Letizia delivered this Tuesday the SM Children’s and Youth Literature Awards 2024 in an event in which he stood out “the vigor” of this sector in Spain and the hopeful moment of “picking up a book, sitting down and reading.”
The queen has highlighted that the children’s literature and youthful is “a rejuvenating exercise”in reference to the winning work by Pedro Caldas, The samurai legend and the blue butterflythe story of a nine-year-old girl in medieval Japan through which its author tells “complex things from symbolism and fantasy.”
The Royal Post Office, headquarters of the Presidency of the Community of Madridhas hosted the presentation of the El Barco de Vapor children’s literature award to Caldas for a adventure novel “spun with irony and Japanese delicacyin which not a piece is left over or missing,” the jury reflected in its opinion.
The youth literature award Wide Angle has been for David Lozano for Intruderfor “the originality of the approach, the literary quality and the narrative agility (…), building a fictional world that challenges adolescents face to face.
“Enjoy vigor”
From Lozano, Mrs. Letizia has highlighted her ability to create a novel for adolescents that talks about abuse and bullying. “A true plea against all types of harassment and very useful for this open conversation about the mental health of young people, associated with certain use of social networks,” he noted.
Of both, he has reviewed the respect that reflects senioritythe importance of friendship and the convenience of abandoning prejudices and “understanding the importance of grays in life.”
Finally, he recalled a conversation with the recent Cervantes prize winner, Luis Mateo DÃez, who considered the battle for screens lost, seeing their constant use through his grandchildren, until he saw how his granddaughter Mónica’s brightness changed. his gaze while reading a book. “I’ll stick with that. Fortunately, children’s and youth literature enjoys vigor in our country.“, the queen concluded.
The president of SM, José Manuel Cidad Castrillo, has noted that in this event the main protagonist is the book and “return to the origin, to our childhood.”
The queen, with fewer problems walking than this Monday, has combined a beige suit jacket with comfortable white sneakers, due to the fracture of a toe on her right foot after hitting a table at her residence in the Zarzuela Palace. The same shoes that she was wearing in this same act president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel DÃaz Ayuso.
