The VI El Pensador Short Story Award winners were announced on April 23rd. The Vice-Rector’s Office for Culture, Sports, and Society and the University Library organized the award.
The awards ceremony also took place at the School of Industrial and Civil Engineering as part of the activities commemorating International Book Day, organized by the University Library.
The winners include two members of our faculty lecturers: Inmaculada Galván Sánchez, Associate PhD Professor of the Department of Economics and Business Management, who won 2nd Prize for the story “The Last Day,” and Francisco López del Pino, Permanent Associate Professor of the Department of Applied Economic Analysis, who won 2nd Prize for the story “The Club.”
Professor Inmaculada Galván’s story focuses on the last day of work at the ULPGC for a retiring professor from the Physics Department. It takes place in a dystopian future, in the reality of a ULPGC that doesn’t seem so far away. The professor’s thoughts jump from the present to the past, recalling some crucial moments from his in-person classes and providing details of how those moments have lost value in the present with the transition from in-person to virtual courses. It is a story of longing and a tribute to all the faculty dedicated to teaching, especially to my father, a great physics professor with excellent teaching experience at the ULPGC.
Professor Francisco López’s story takes place during the summer. Just after receiving their final transcript of records, a group of friends gather at their club, in a makeshift cabin made of cardboard boxes under a fig tree near the river. There, they share their treasures and build their world with the logic and simplicity of childhood. “The Club” is a story about innocence and fragility, but also about the sadness of loss, portrayed through the eyes of a child.
We want to extend our sincere congratulations to both Inma Galván and Paco López for their creations.
News about the event is also published on the library’s website.
