Winning books of the 2017 Copé Award will be presented in Piura

On Tuesday, May 29, the Universidad Nacional de Piura (UNP) will host the winning works of the 2017 Copé VI Novel Biennial and the XVIII Poetry Biennial. The event will be held in the Manuel Moncloa and Ferreyra central auditorium at 10 in the morning.

The winning books of the first position in the two categories: the novel "El laberinto de los endriagos", by Hugo Yuen, and the poems “Colección privada o los colores ocultos de la turbación”, by Marco Antonio Quijano, will be presented to the students and teachers.

The second and third place winners were also be presented: "La noche y su sombra", by Ernesto Zumaran and "Bajo la mancha azul del cielo" by Alejandro Susti. Also, the "Antología de poemas de las Menciones Honrosas y Finalistas de la XVIII Bienal de Poesía", by several authors.

Commentary on the Poetry Award will be done by the investigator and professor of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Jorge Valenzuela Garces; while the novel will be commented by the dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education of the UNP, Sigifredo Burneo Sánchez.

About the book "El laberinto de los endriagos", the qualifying jury stated that an Amazonian microcosm is constructed through a language with many expressive resources, which invites multiple readings and labyrinths. With regard to the “Colección privada o los colores ocultos de la turbación”, they pointed out that it engages in a dialogue with Van Gogh's painting and, in doing so, approaches one of the icons of modern painting to dive into his unfortunate, but luminous subjectivity.

The Copé Award literary contest and the publications of the winning works are part of PETROPERU's cultural policy to promote intellectual production, access to education and intercultural citizenship developed by the company since 1979.

The Copé Prize is organized in biennials of short stories and essays (on even years) as well as poetry and novels (odd years), which due to their prestige and importance occupy a preponderant place in the literary world. Since its creation, it has been one more expression of PETROPERU's corporate social responsibility.

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