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Agents of the National Police have proceeded to the recovery of part of the legacy of the writer from Murcia and natural Cartagena, Carmen Conde, poet, playwright and first academic woman of the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language.
The alleged author of the misappropriation, crime of reception and against the historical heritage, has been investigated for these facts, making a voluntary delivery of the effects in his possession.
Fruit of the researches of a researcher of the CSIC, Superior Council of Scientific Investigations, the Board Carmen Conde-Antonio Oliver of the City of Cartagena, knew that through the Internet items belonging to the legacy of the famous writer were being put on sale .
The press conference of the presentation of the objects and documents recovered has taken place in the Town Hall, this Thursday, March 7, and has counted with the presence of the mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón, and the mayor of Culture, David Martínez
The mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón, said that "a legacy of incalculable value formed by the works of Carmen Conde and her husband Antonio Oliver has been recovered, press cuttings, serial publications, photographs, postcards, a safe conduct to visit the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco and the city of Ceuta and other personal objects.
One of the broadest files of a Spanish writer and is in Cartagena.
Before Carmen Conde died, an agreement was passed between her representatives and the City of Cartagena to donate her cultural legacy to her hometown.
By being part of the archives of this municipality, the donated legacy constitutes an element of the historical, documentary and bibliographic heritage of Spain.
These facts were transferred to the National Police initiating an investigation by the Local Brigade of Judicial Police of the Police Station of Cartagena, coordinated by the Delegate of Historical Heritage of the Police Headquarters of the Region of Murcia.
The police officers acted with the greatest speed to avoid the online sale of documents and objects that are part of the legacy of this academic.
The Head of the Police Station of Cartagena, Damián Romero, has indicated that "a personal postcard of Carmen Conde is valued in the market at approximately 500 euros.
That is to say, all the intervention legacy costs a sum of important money ".
"There are 145 unique pieces.
The books for the dedications because they were first editions of Carmen Conde bound in leather.
There are also books given to other people, works of art, paintings by Molina Sánchez, paintings by Eduardo Vicente, unique drawing sheets made by the author herself "has specified the technique of Carmen Conde-Antonio Oliver, Caridad Fernández.
The delegate of Historical Heritage of the Police Headquarters of the Region of Murcia explained that "the documents and objects recovered will remain in the Board of Carmen Conde-Antonio Oliver as a judicial deposit until the legal proceedings are resolved."
The seizure of this material belonging to the personal file of Carmen Conde will help, according to Francisco Garcerán, CSIC researcher, "not only to learn more about the life of the Cartagena writer, but also to rewrite and complete the cultural and literary history of Spain "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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