“Muerte de un Nawal” is the name of the work that earned the award to the Mexican author
Because it is a powerful story that uses documentary records to create different and complex points of view on the contemporary view of the conditions of migration and violence in Central America , the jury of the seventh edition of the Mauricio Achar Prize 2021-Random House Literature , awarded the award to the writer Ximena Santaolalla Abdó for the “Death of a Nawal . ”
According to the author, the book began to be written six years ago, at a time when she began to reflect on how little she knew about Guatemala , a country that borders Mexico to the south .
“I remember that many times I expressed offended how little the United States knows about Mexico , some time later I reflected that I did not know anything about Central America , especially Guatemala , it was then that I began to read about its history, to be surprised, to fall in love and to feel pain because of what that country has been through ”, said Santaolalla Abdó .
In this way, the author began to write some stories and as she progressed she began to think of the book as a novel, however, her knowledge of the genre led her to document herself and carry out various workshops, a situation that gave life to “Muerte de a Nawal ” .
ELEMENTS
- The work of Ximena Abdó Santaolalla was selected from 167 participants.
- “Death of a Nawal ” is a choral novel.
NUMBERS
- 150 thousand pesos is corresponding to the award.
- 6 books were finalists for the Mauricio Achar 2021 Prize-Random House Literature .