The IECMA awards the XNUMXst Research and Essay Award 'Antoni Lluís Carrió' to the dianense journalist Toni Reig

The work Històries of Crims i Criminals Marina Alta (1844-1932) He has earned the writer and journalist Antoni Reig Dianense I Prize for Research and Testing Antoni Lluis Carrió que otorga el Institut d’Estudis Comarcals de la Marina Alta (IECMA).

A year ago the call for this award was presented, and this week the jury, made up of the president of the IECMA and director of the Municipal Archive, Rosa Seser; the writer Carme Miquel; the professor of the University of Alicante Joan Borja; the professor of the University of Valencia Carles X Simó and the professor of the UNED of Dénia and secretary of the jury, Joan Ivars, have announced the ruling.

Històries of Crims i Criminals Marina Alta (1844-1932) collects a series of criminality cases in a period ranging from the mid-nineteenth century to the first third of the twentieth century. The author recreates, based on excellent documentation of the time, extreme conflict situations that always lead to crimes, which are usually resolved by the courts, at a time when the death penalty is present in Spanish legislation. . The scenarios of these events are the towns of the region: Dénia, Jávea, Senija, Pego, Ondara, and affect various social classes: farmers, gentlemen or officials.

The jury has valued the contributions of facts that once generated a great social alarm and that today had been forgotten. In addition, as an added value, the jury has highlighted that each journal is accompanied by an unpublished illustration of artists such as Castejón, Ramón Pérez Carrión, Andrés Jaén or Dani Sanchis.

Antoni Reig Perez is a well known writer and professional media, co-author of the books Premsa to the Marina Alta y Dénia, ciutat filmAnd author of several research papers. He has participated in audiovisual on Denia and as a speaker at various courses Senior UNED.