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{{Short description|Annual literary festival in Valencia, Spain.}}
The '''Festival de Género Negro de Valencia''', known as '''Valencia Negra''' or '''VLC Negra''', is an annual [[literary festival]] in [[Valencia]], Spain. It is one of several festivals in the first week of [[May]], which are known as "[[Semana Negra]]," or "black weeks," due to their celebration of thematically "[[Darkness#Literature|dark]]" [[Genre|genres]] like [[crime fiction]] and [[Detective fiction|detective stories]].
This festival was founded in 2013 by Valencian writers Jordi Llobregat, Marina López Martínez (Marina Lomar), Santiago Álvarez, and Bernardo Carrión.
The festival was initially conceived as an event open to all and hosts a wide range of activities and competitions, including award shows, artist meetings, musical performances, and film viewings. Since its inception, Valencia Negra has gone international by agreeing to collaborate with the French festival ''[[Toulouse Polard du Sud]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Santiago Alvarez – Toulouse Polars du Sud |url=https://www.toulouse-polars-du-sud.com/santiago-alvarez |access-date=2024-04-29 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
== Awards ==
Several literary award competitions are held during the festival.
* Francisco Gonzalez Ledesma Literary Career Award - VLC Negra
* Best VLC Negra Novel (Three Award categories: Millor novel la, Mejor Novela, and Best Novel)<ref>{{Cite web |title=MEJOR NOVELA VLCN 2014 |url=http://www.valencianegra.com/concursos/premio-mejor-novela-vln-2014/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014050...a.com/concursos/premio-mejor-novela-vln-2014/ |archive-date=2014-05-02 |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=Valencianegra.com}}</ref>
* #60en Negro - Certamen de MiniClips
* #140tirs. Microrelatos Competition<ref>{{Cite web |title=¿Cuáles son las REGLAS? |url=http://www.valencianegra.com/concursos/concurso-140-tirs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502035852/http://www.valencianegra.com/concursos/concurso-140-tirs/ |archive-date=2014-05-02 |access-date=2014-04-29 |website=Valencianegra.com}}</ref>
== Participants (selected) ==
Over the years there has been a wide range of participants in the festival.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Autores |trans-title=Authors |url=http://www.valencianegra.com/autores/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705105553/http://www.valencianegra.com:80/autores/ |archive-date=2014-07-05 |access-date=2014-04-29 |website=Valencianegra.com}}</ref>
* [[Pierre Lemaitre]]
* [[Philip Kerr]]
* [[Joël Dicker|Joel Dicker]]
* [[Alicia Giménez Bartlett|Alicia Gimenez Bartlett]]
* [[Petros Markaris]]
* [[Yasmina Khadra]]
* [[Dolores Redondo]]
* [[Lorenzo Silva]]
* Victor del Árbol
* [[Alexis Ravelo|Alexis Ravello]]
* Juan Madrid
* Jerome Tristant
* Graziella Moreno
* [[Andrew Martin (novelist)|Andrew Martin]]
* [[Enrique Urbizu]]
* [[Rodrigo Cortés|Rodrigo Cortes]]
* [[Rosa Montero]]
* [[Carlos Salem]]
* Rosa Ribas
* [[Edith Checa Oviedo|Edith Checa]]
* Marcelo Lujan
* [[Carlos Ruiz Zafón|Carlos Zanón]]
* [[Sandrone Dazieri]]
* David Llorente
* [[Agustín Díaz Yanes]]
== References ==
<references />
== External Links ==
* [https://valencianegra.com/ Valencia Negra Official Website]
* [https://www.semananegra.org/ Semana Negra Official Website]
== See also ==
* [[Semana Negra]]
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{{Short description|Annual literary festival in Valencia, Spain.}}
The '''Festival de Género Negro de Valencia''', known as '''Valencia Negra''' or '''VLC Negra''', is an annual [[literary festival]] in [[Valencia]], Spain. It is one of several festivals in the first week of [[May]], which are known as "[[Semana Negra]]," or "black weeks," due to their celebration of thematically "[[Darkness#Literature|dark]]" [[Genre|genres]] like [[crime fiction]] and [[Detective fiction|detective stories]].
This festival was founded in 2013 by Valencian writers Jordi Llobregat, Marina López Martínez (Marina Lomar), Santiago Álvarez, and Bernardo Carrión.
The festival was initially conceived as an event open to all and hosts a wide range of activities and competitions, including award shows, artist meetings, musical performances, and film viewings. Since its inception, Valencia Negra has gone international by agreeing to collaborate with the French festival ''[[Toulouse Polard du Sud]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Santiago Alvarez – Toulouse Polars du Sud |url=https://www.toulouse-polars-du-sud.com/santiago-alvarez |access-date=2024-04-29 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
== Awards ==
Several literary award competitions are held during the festival.
* Francisco Gonzalez Ledesma Literary Career Award - VLC Negra
* Best VLC Negra Novel (Three Award categories: Millor novel la, Mejor Novela, and Best Novel)<ref>{{Cite web |title=MEJOR NOVELA VLCN 2014 |url=http://www.valencianegra.com/concursos/premio-mejor-novela-vln-2014/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014050...a.com/concursos/premio-mejor-novela-vln-2014/ |archive-date=2014-05-02 |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=Valencianegra.com}}</ref>
* #60en Negro - Certamen de MiniClips
* #140tirs. Microrelatos Competition<ref>{{Cite web |title=¿Cuáles son las REGLAS? |url=http://www.valencianegra.com/concursos/concurso-140-tirs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502035852/http://www.valencianegra.com/concursos/concurso-140-tirs/ |archive-date=2014-05-02 |access-date=2014-04-29 |website=Valencianegra.com}}</ref>
== Participants (selected) ==
Over the years there has been a wide range of participants in the festival.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Autores |trans-title=Authors |url=http://www.valencianegra.com/autores/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705105553/http://www.valencianegra.com:80/autores/ |archive-date=2014-07-05 |access-date=2014-04-29 |website=Valencianegra.com}}</ref>
* [[Pierre Lemaitre]]
* [[Philip Kerr]]
* [[Joël Dicker|Joel Dicker]]
* [[Alicia Giménez Bartlett|Alicia Gimenez Bartlett]]
* [[Petros Markaris]]
* [[Yasmina Khadra]]
* [[Dolores Redondo]]
* [[Lorenzo Silva]]
* Victor del Árbol
* [[Alexis Ravelo|Alexis Ravello]]
* Juan Madrid
* Jerome Tristant
* Graziella Moreno
* [[Andrew Martin (novelist)|Andrew Martin]]
* [[Enrique Urbizu]]
* [[Rodrigo Cortés|Rodrigo Cortes]]
* [[Rosa Montero]]
* [[Carlos Salem]]
* Rosa Ribas
* [[Edith Checa Oviedo|Edith Checa]]
* Marcelo Lujan
* [[Carlos Ruiz Zafón|Carlos Zanón]]
* [[Sandrone Dazieri]]
* David Llorente
* [[Agustín Díaz Yanes]]
== References ==
<references />
== External Links ==
* [https://valencianegra.com/ Valencia Negra Official Website]
* [https://www.semananegra.org/ Semana Negra Official Website]
== See also ==
* [[Semana Negra]]
Okumaya devam et...