Eva García Sáenz de Urturi has obtained the Planeta 2020 Prize with the novel Aquitaine. “A medieval thriller, a tribute to The name of the rose and a Game of Thrones of what would later become Europe, ”said the author, who dedicated the award to the victims of the pandemic. “The world of culture will survive this pandemic, explain it to us and move forward. My characters have a motto, three S’s: I only know how to follow. Literature only knows how to go on, always ”.
Sáenz de Urturi (Vitoria, Álava, 1972) is known above all for its Trilogy about the white city, inspired by his hometown and composed by The silence of the white city, The water rites Y The time lords, which to date have produced more than fifty editions and the magic number of one million readers.
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