David Toscana: "Pesaban mucho más 15.000 ciegos que 15.000 muertos"

El Mundo Human InterestNews ReportES 4 min read 100% complete by elmundo.esApril 2, 2026 at 01:48 AM
David Toscana: "Pesaban mucho más 15.000 ciegos que 15.000 muertos"

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El escritor mexicano David Toscana ganó el Premio Alfaguara 2026 por su novela "El ejército ciego", inspirada en un relato histórico del autor bizantino Ioannis Skylitzes. El relato cuenta que el emperador bizantino Basilio cegó a 15.000 prisioneros búlgaros tras una batalla en el siglo XI, dejando a uno de cada cien tuerto para guiarlos de vuelta a su zar Samuel. Toscana explica que el emperador prefirió cegarlos en lugar de matarlos o esclavizarlos. La visión de los prisioneros cegados causó tal impacto en Samuel que murió de un ataque al corazón. Aunque la cifra exacta de prisioneros es cuestionada por los historiadores, la práctica de cegar como castigo era una realidad en la época.

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Ioannis Skylitzes, an 11th-century Byzantine author, wrote about the blinding of 15,000 prisoners.

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David Toscana received the Alfaguara 2026 Prize for his novel 'El ejército ciego'.

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The novel is based on a historical account of a Byzantine emperor blinding 15,000 prisoners.

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In Bulgaria, the story of the blinded prisoners is a well-known and undisputed historical event.

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Historians consider the event of the blinding to be real, though the number of 15,000 may be doubtful.

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david toscana 100% el ejrcito ciego 90% ceguera 80% tortura 70% prisioneros 60% basilio 50% bizantino 50% ioannis skylitzes 40% castigo 40%

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