# Spain's King Journalism Prize in the Television category for Náyade Menoyo for her interview with Padura

**Date:** 03/04/2021

Cuban journalist Náyare Menoyo received this Wednesday the King of Spain Journalism Prize in the Television category, believing that the award is "a prize for audacity" in interviewing someone like her compatriot Leonardo Padura.

"What gives me the most satisfaction is that it is material made from Cuba by a journalism student, because that was my graduation work, and also having done it about one of the greatest writers Cuba has and who unfortunately has very little promotion within Cuban media," the award winner stated to Efe.

The award-winning work is titled "Leonardo Padura, a squalid and moving story" and questions, in documentary format, the silence that Cuban official media maintain around the writer, in contrast with his enormous recognition outside the island, which has earned him, among other things, the 2015 Princess of Asturias Prize for Letters.

Menoyo has been in Madrid since this week, where she is expected to reside for the coming months while pursuing a master's degree to further her studies.

Náyade highlighted that it is a "truly prestigious award with quite a broad reach."

"I still can't believe it," added Menoyo, whose personal satisfaction is having contributed her "grain of sand to the dissemination of Padura's work in Cuba."

Regarding the award-winning work, the jury highlighted in its ruling that the award recognizes "a very well-told story with an evident lack of resources that grabs you."

The Television award is one of the honors that distinguished international journalism professionals decided on this Wednesday, at the XXXVIII edition of the King of Spain International Journalism Prizes.