Cespedes gets literature prize

[NewsWhore]

Writer and journalist Diogenes Cespedes was awarded the National Literature Prize last night. The Ministry of Culture and the Corripio Foundation sponsored the prize, which included a check for RD$500,000. Much of Cespedes's works are devoted to literary criticism. In his acceptance speech, Cespedes suggested that the ministry and the foundation should limit the prize to the traditional literary areas of poetry, novels, short stories, theater and essays. He argued for the creation of a similar prize for areas such as history, economics or sociology.

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