Cuban Writers Win International Awards

According to Granma news daily, Diaz Pimienta, one of the most brilliant
Cuban improvisers of recent years, won the Los Odres First International
Poetry Award granted by the Lopez Rejas Foundation in Murcia, Spain.

Pimienta’s “Fiesta de Disfraces” (Costume Party) received the top award
from a jury presided over by philologist, academic and writer Gregorio
Salvador Caja, and that also included writers Jose Maria Alvarez,
Horacio Vazquez-Rial and Emilio Torne Valle.

For his part, Amado del Pino, a journalist, playwright and contributor
to many Cuban publications, received the Miguel Hernandez International
Journalism Award from the Miguel Hernandez Foundation.

Del Pino received the award for his article “Caminando con Miguel
Hernandez” (Walking with Miguel Hernandez) published last May by La
Jiribilla online magazine.