The jury has awarded the poetry collection ‘Victoria Menor’ for “its sense of rhythm and its rejection of every formal tear and all unnecessary frills”
The poet Luis Escavy (Murcia, 1994) is the winner of the prestigious Adonáis Award 2022 for his collection of poems ‘Victoria menor’, which the jury emphasized on “his sense of rhythm, his respect for teachers and his rejection of any formal tear and all unnecessary flourishes, developed into a love songbook with transcendent timbres».
‘Victoria minor’ contains poems like ‘The rain’: «The best I can give you now / Is not one of my nights, nor my body / It is not even I, nor does it love you. / The best I can give you now / is a calm silence, a very long walk / as we talk about your life and mine / and we run home, to escape this time, / to flee from this fear that we are tired of. / Love is said slowly / With small words like rain».
The National Library of Spain hosted this Friday the proclamation and award of the Adonáis Poetry Prize in its 76th call. The event included the words of thanks and welcome from the director of the BNE, Ana Santos Aramburo, who highlighted the quality and strength of a new generation of poets, emerging voices who show that poetry is a living genre that is constantly evolving.
The jury, this year composed of Carmelo Guillén Acosta, Julio Martínez Mesanza, Eloy Sánchez Rosillo from Murcia –who already won the same prize in 1997–, Enrique García-Máiquez, Aurora Luque and Amalia Bautista, was assisted by the guest of honor , the poet Ana Merino.
“I want to hug everyone,” the author wrote on his social networks when he heard the verdict. The Murcian poet and professor was already close to winning the prize with his previous work ‘Another night in the world’, the author’s first volume of poetry, making him a finalist for the Dionisia García Poetry Prize and the Adonáis Prize 2021 itself.
Luis Escavy graduated in Classical Philology from the University of Murcia and teaches Latin and Greek at a secondary school. He has collaborated with his poems for literary magazines, such as the digital DAFY, Maremágnum, Estación Poesía or Anafora.
The first second prize went to Lola Tórtola for ‘Los dioses destruidos’, «for her fresh yet mature voice, confronting recent memories and the awareness of a European cultural crisis experienced during her formative journeys». The second runner-up for Adonáis 2022 went to Irene Domínguez for ‘Pureza’, “because of its powerful evocation of childhood and the force with which it describes everyday life, love relationships and the generational crisis that affects so many young people today.” Also finalists were Álvaro Carbonell for ‘Intimate Distance’ and Manuel Sueiro for ‘I watch people look at photos’.
Source: La Verdad
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