Marisol González Felip, a distinguished Nules native and a professional in education and writing, has won the Flor Natural at the LXXII Jocs Florals Vila de Nules with her work La memòria del fred. González Felip, a graduate in Philology, has secured this prestigious award for the fourth time. She has served as an interim titular professor in the Department of Catalan Philology at the Universitat de València, a secondary education teacher, and an education inspector in València and Castelló, also serving as director of the Centre de Professors de València.
Her connection with the Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua was significant, serving as a member from 2001 to 2015 and as the institution's secretary from 2003 to 2006. Her literary activity began in childhood with theatrical works, and she discovered her poetic vocation during adolescence. At 18, she won her first Flor Natural in Nules. In the eighties, she founded the group Lluna Teatre, writing works of a costumbrista nature. Her poetic career spans nearly forty years, with poetry collections including Les hores breus (1987), L’edat deserta (1990), Papallones de dilluns (1996), Paraula del retorn (2002), Suite de València (2013), Antologia cordial (2022), and Rogles (2024).
She has also contributed to children's literature with titles such as Contes d’aigua i rima amb un raget de llima (1995) and Madame de les Ratlles Blaves (2004). In the field of dialectology and language teaching, she has published works like the dictionary Frases fetes al nord de la llengua. Diccionari de les comarques de Castelló (2000). Furthermore, she has conducted numerous courses, workshops, lectures, and presentations on the teaching of Catalan language and literature, as well as on the educational field.
The Flor Natural, the most prestigious award of this event, is sponsored by the Ajuntament de Nules with 4,000 euros and the publication of the winning work. The Anna Rebeca prize, for Nules' children, was awarded to Ximo Amiguet Saiz for L’hora trencada (1,000 euros). Carles Jardí Pinyol won the Religious or Ethical Theme Prize for Remot infinit (500 euros); Oriol Solà i Prat, the Patriotic Theme Prize for Esmolem bé les eines (500 euros); and Mercé Estrela Tena, the Children's Poetry Collection Prize for Xip-xap, ja s’ha amagat (500 euros).
In the X Research and Dissemination Awards, Isabel Giménez Bueso won the “Linguistic Research on Valencian” award (sponsored by the Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua with 2,000 euros) for her work Entre la resistència i el canvi: la concordança del participi en la parla de Nules. Un viatge sociolingüístic per la memòria viva de la Plana Baixa. Inés Martínez González won “Melodies of Memory” (sponsored by the Societat Musical Artística Nulense with 500 euros) for Las bandas de música como guardianes de la memoria colectiva de la Comunitat Valenciana.
The “Historical Aspects of the Town of Nules” prize (500 euros) went to Cristina Escrivá Moscardó for La infancia primero. La colonia escolar de Nules. José Lucas Sanahuja and Vicente Lucas Sanahuja won the “A Century of Commitment to the Land and People of Nules” category (sponsored by the Cooperativa Agrícola Sant Josep de Nules with 600 euros) for their work on the cooperative. Alejandra Silvestre Molés won the “Contributions of Rural Savings Banks to the Primary Sector: The Case of Caixa Rural Nules in the Last 100 Years” category (sponsored by Caixa Rural de Nules with 1,000 euros) for her work on rural savings banks' contributions. Finally, Rafael Enrique Miranda won the “Capacities that Inspire Stories of an Inclusive Society” award (1,000 euros, sponsored by the Association of Businesspeople of the Valencian Community for the Labor Integration of People with Disabilities) for ¿Puede la discapacidad de una persona generar capacidades para transformar la sociedad?.
The award ceremony, hosted by the Queen of the Village, Candela Lucas Peirats, and the Ladies of the Village, Miriam Flich, Gema Parra, and Nadia Garzón, featured José Miguel Segura as the master of ceremonies. The awards were presented by the mayor of Nules, David García, alongside the Councilor for Culture, M. José Esteban. The event, held at the emblematic Teatre Alcázar, is one of the most significant cultural events in Nules and one of the most important literary competitions in Valencian in the Comunitat Valenciana.
