He writer Eduardo Mendoza He said yesterday that he used to write humorous novels but that it was “quite boring” and revealed that although he had said he would “never” write novels again, he realised it was the only thing he knew how to do.
Mendoza received the Blacklladolid 2024 Award at the closing of this edition “grateful” because, as he explained ironically, he was “especially excited because it was awarded to me by writers, colleagues that I admire”, referring to Dolores Redondo and César Pérez. Gellida. “I did my military service here, in Villanubla, so when I receive news from Valladolid I always say ‘at your service’. An award is always great because it is a recognition,” he maintained.
In his speech, the writer revealed in Blacklladolid some secrets behind the scenes of “No news from Gurb”. “I write humorous novels, but I’m quite boring. And I wrote this novel in a hurry because I’m an idiot and I agreed that El País would publish it in chapters. So I wrote the first thing that came to mind with the conviction that once the deliveries were finished, no one would remember it. “I felt very free, because I didn’t even know what I was writing,” he described.
Mendoza received the aforementioned award for “Three Enigmas for the Organization.” The award recognizes the most outstanding novel of the course and is endowed with a cash prize of 3,000 euros.
The author clarified that he would not write anymore. “What I really said was that I was not going to write novels anymore. And I started writing other things, but it ended up being a novel, that’s the only thing I know how to do.
Before closing the competition, César Pérez Gellida announced that “the 2025 edition will have literature and gastronomy as its common thread,” according to a statement sent by the organization.
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