In 1988 the Loewe Foundation created the international poetry prize that carries its name in order to promote the quality of poetic writing. Today, 33 prizes later, and with the support of an exceptional jury, it has become the most important non-governmental prize for Spanish-language poetry. The list of winners includes the most prominent contemporary poets who write in Spanish, all published by Visor.
On this occasion, the prize has been awarded to the Extremadura writer Diego Doncel for his work La fragilidad. The prize is confirmation of the career of this outstanding, acclaimed poet, who also writes fiction, travel writing and literary criticism. According to Doncel, poetry has a healing quality, and this is expressed in a work that reflects on pain, death and hope.
Mario Obrero, aged just 17, is the youngest ever winner of the Loewe award in the New Writers category, with the poetry book Peachtree City. His book won over the jury with the range of its surprising poetic images.
The two poets will talk to Jesús Calero.
