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| By the Carmen Conde Board of Trustees and in co-edition with María José Vázquez and Francisco de la Iglesia, they have updated this book with illustrations by Salvador Towers that accompany the author's poems | This year, on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of Mástil, the Carmen Conde-Antonio Oliver Board of Trustees in co-edition with María José Vázquez and Francisco de la Iglesia have decided to reissue the first collection of poems by the Cartagena writer Antonio Oliver Belmás, publishing a new edition with accompanying illustrations to the author's poems."It is 95 years since the first publication of the first book of poems by our quintessential Cartagena writer and greatest exponent of the generation of 27 in our Region, Antonio Oliver Belmás," said the Councilor for the Culture Area, David Martínez Noguera, in the presentation of the book that took place this Wednesday, December 2, at the Municipal Archive of Cartagena.The mayor highlighted that “from the beginning we see in his poetry that influence by Juan Ramón Jiménez or Rubén Darío in his poems, which were published not only in magazines throughout Spain but also in New York and Havana; and with Mástil, his first collection of poems, he shows us the renovating character and the adaptation to the new times ”.In this new edition “we are faced with a true work of art, because the poems are accompanied by illustrations by the Cartagena artist Salvador Torres, which also not only updates this text but will also allow it to reach new generations in a work of art ”, concluded Martínez Noguera.It is a non-venal edition, limited to 1000 copies, of which 995 have been numbered in print, from 001 to 995, and 5 copies are numbered and signed by hand by the illustrator, Salvador Torres, from I / V to V / V.The councilor delegate for the Culture Area, Carlos Piñana, detailed that "one of the sources of inspiration for our beloved Antonio Oliver was the sea, the mine, the sail mills, the east wind, the water, the Cartagena countryside." For this reason, the mayor has read one of the poems that make up the book, `Sendero´, a“ sample ”of all the aspects that are present in the author's verses:Like the eight syllable versethe eight-blade mill.The words are the candles.The candles are the words.Spin, white mill,for the verse to sing.Turn, octosyllable, turn,that there is an east wind.From the deep cool wellthe mill will draw the water.And the stanza, the joyFrom the clear well of the soulGo round, octosyllable verse.Open your candles to the air.Sing, little mill, sing,that there is an east wind.Molino, drop the syllables.Verse, let your blades turn.That you hold the sails, wind.Mill, let the water rise!The illustrator from Cartagena, Salvador Torres, has expressed his gratitude to the Cartagena City Council, the Carmen Conde-Antonio Oliver Board of Trustees and the co-editors, Francisco de la Iglesia and María José Vázquez for the support provided to carry out this new edition of Mast.Torres detailed that "it has been a work of reconstruction of the aesthetics appropriate to each poem and we have decided that it be summarized in 10 works that reflect the spirit of the work and the poet's creative moment.

For her part, the co-editor of the book María José Vázquez explained that "the uniqueness of this edition is provided by the 10 evocative illustrations by Salvador Torres, who with their figurative plasticity recovers the avant-garde poetic imprint of the young Antonio Oliver".

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena