2013 Vida Universitaria Awards Ceremony
Awarded to the winners of the short story, poetry, human rights, pinchos, pop rock singer-songwriter and monologue contests.
PHOTO: Manuel Castells
The University held the 2013 University Life Awards gala, which are given to the winners of the competitions organized by Cultural Activities of the academic center. The Vice Rector for Students, Tomás Gómez-Acebo, was in charge of presenting the awards.
The Short Story awards went to Andrés Fraga Domingo (Spanish) and Amaia Pérez del Barrio (Basque). There were also two runner-up prizes for Sergio Navarro Ramírez and Adriana Martins Frías. For his part, Jon Pagoaga Ibiricu received the prize for Poetry in Basque.
On the other hand, the Human Rights Contest awards were given to Mario Pereda Berga, for "Hijos de Shiva", Diego Vega Ibañez, for "Piedad" and José Fernández López, for "Vida eterna".
Finally, the prizes were awarded to the already known winners of the Pinchos contest -VictorinoGómez- Iglesias, Jordi Dionis and Marta Masot and Julia Duart-, the Pop-rock-singers contest -LaRed Bullet, Sónica, and Elisabeth Sanz- and Monologues -Oriolde Ribot.
Students who have participated in Cultural Activities and are finishing their studies this year also received diplomas. During the gala there were performances by the University Choir and Orchestra, Oriol de Ribot, winner of the Monologues and Dialogues Contest and the winners of the Pop-Rock Singer-Songwriters Contest, La Red Bullet.