"Journalism has been a
my literary vocation "
15 years working in The Chronicle.
never failed to mention journalism as an exercise that led him to discover the secrets of information that our Nobel Prize became the art writing of literature. In a survey of IPSO SUPPORT, however there are 10 % of Peruvians who do not feel proud of this distinction and 13% said MVLl that does not help the image of Peru in the world. Right. If nearly 50% have not ever read any of his works and not even know that Vargas Llosa is a journalist. How embarrassing! (EJ)
NEW YORK (AP) .- The Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa yesterday received the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for outstanding coverage of Latin America, at a dinner at the University of Columbia attended by dozens of media personalities.
"Journalism has been a good addition to my literary vocation," said the novelist on the podium after thanking recognition. "I started at age 15 when my father got me work in a newspaper of Lima and tried to cover everything from crime to politics and sports and obituaries. "
The author of" The Green House, "The City and the Dogs" and "Death in the Andes" among other works, said that journalism has been a large number of stories to their stories and that "it is an art that can be as creative as a literary work, with the difference that the writer should stick to reality".
"We pay tribute to Mario Vargas Llosa for his distinguished contribution to journalism," said the master of ceremonies to present to the honoree. "Both in his capacity of endless newspaper and radio reporter, and of meticulous craftsman of language and a chronicler of the achievements and failures of human beings, Vargas Llosa has spent a lifetime defending democratic values \u200b\u200band promoting inter-American understanding. "
The writer said that journalism is the best tool that society has to find its flaws and fight for democracy and freedom of expression, and urged his colleagues to reject sensationalism and give readers only the truth, as objectively as possible, so that they can develop their own opinions.
"Keep in mind their responsibility as journalists" he said.
During the evening, the university committee also awarded the Cabot Ginger Thompson, former director office of The New York Times in Mexico City, Jose Hamilton Ribeiro, TV Globo in Brazil, and Matt Moffett, South American correspondent for the Wall Street Journal.
"The winners this year illustrate the Cabot Prize standard: the highest level of professionalism and journalistic acumen in pursuit of inter-American understanding," said Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Columbia School of Journalism, in a statement. "We are very proud of the 68-year history of this award and applaud the winners."
NEW YORK (AP) .- The Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa yesterday received the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for outstanding coverage of Latin America, at a dinner at the University of Columbia attended by dozens of media personalities.
"Journalism has been a good addition to my literary vocation," said the novelist on the podium after thanking recognition. "I started at age 15 when my father got me work in a newspaper of Lima and tried to cover everything from crime to politics and sports and obituaries. "
The author of" The Green House, "The City and the Dogs" and "Death in the Andes" among other works, said that journalism has been a large number of stories to their stories and that "it is an art that can be as creative as a literary work, with the difference that the writer should stick to reality".
"We pay tribute to Mario Vargas Llosa for his distinguished contribution to journalism," said the master of ceremonies to present to the honoree. "Both in his capacity of endless newspaper and radio reporter, and of meticulous craftsman of language and a chronicler of the achievements and failures of human beings, Vargas Llosa has spent a lifetime defending democratic values \u200b\u200band promoting inter-American understanding. "
The writer said that journalism is the best tool that society has to find its flaws and fight for democracy and freedom of expression, and urged his colleagues to reject sensationalism and give readers only the truth, as objectively as possible, so that they can develop their own opinions.
"Keep in mind their responsibility as journalists" he said.
During the evening, the university committee also awarded the Cabot Ginger Thompson, former director office of The New York Times in Mexico City, Jose Hamilton Ribeiro, TV Globo in Brazil, and Matt Moffett, South American correspondent for the Wall Street Journal.
"The winners this year illustrate the Cabot Prize standard: the highest level of professionalism and journalistic acumen in pursuit of inter-American understanding," said Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Columbia School of Journalism, in a statement. "We are very proud of the 68-year history of this award and applaud the winners."
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