Yesterday the Nuevo León Alfonso Reyes Award, in its sixth edition, was granted to Spanish writer Irene Vallejo 'for reminding us, in the manner of Alfonso Reyes, .....
that reading is an exercise in hospitality, that we readers are part of a historical network of lovers of the written word and the exercise of imagination and that, by safeguarding the past, we enrich the present and make the future possible,” said Melissa Segura Guerrero, Secretary of Culture of Nuevo León, when she announced the jury's decision from Monterrey, Nuevo León.
An outstanding philologist and writer, known for her promotion of classical literature and her essay “El Infinito en un Junco,” a publishing success translated into multiple languages, Irene Vallejo was recognized with the award for her outstanding literary career.
