Film director Benito Zambrano and Ignacio Elguero of RTVE will be honored by the FGEE board this year during Barcelona’s Liber 22.
A production still from ‘Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake’ from director Benito Zambrano. Image: Filmax
By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson
Winners: Ignacio Elguero and Benito Zambrano
Spain’s Feria Internacional del Libro, “Liber 22″ in Barcelona (October 5 to 7) has announced its award recipients in promotion of reading in the media and for books-to-film adaptation in literary fiction. Promotion of Reading in the Media
In promotion of reading, Ignacio Elguero—the general director of education, cultural, and international diversity for RTVE and of Radio Nacional de España—is to be honored by the board of the Federación de Gremios de Editores de España (the Federation of Publishers’ Guilds of Spain, FGEE).
“There are many programs that the public channel, thanks to the encouragement of its professionals and the management of Elguero,” the board’s announcement says, “dedicates to this topic, focused on different ages and sectors of society.”
Among programming dedicated to building the habit of reading, the board notes:
- The Blue Station
- La Pequeteca, a series dedicated to children’s and youth literature
- The Critical Eye
- La Libélula, a Radio 3 program on literature, the spoken word, poetry and the graphic novel
- Gardens in the Pocket
- Libros de Arena on Radio 5 and Radio 5 Digital
