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The Deputy Mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón, and the Councilor for Culture, David Martínez, accompanied by the director of the Cultural Foundation Miguel Hernández, Aitor Larrabide, and the official chronicler of the city, Francisco José Franco, presented the program of Acts of the Year of Miguel Hernández.
Thus, the city commemorates and honors with an extensive agenda of activities the figure of the poet from Alicante on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of his death and the declaration of Cartagena as 'Ciudad Hernandiana', approved in Plenary on November 24, 2016. In This program will include the theater, poetry - through recitals - cante, book publications, guides and didactic tools to bring to the communicative field.
Likewise, it is planned to prepare a notebook with a cultural itinerary 'Hernandian', with the city and the environment from the Sierra Minera de La Union until reaching Cabo de Palos, "because they are the places where the poet passed and Could leave a mark on his life and work, "according to David Martínez.
Also two didactic units for Primary and Secondary.
"We believe that it is very important to deepen this life of the poet with some rigor without losing sight of the texts that took place in these lands," commented the mayor of Culture.
These are texts that will be worked in different institutes and colleges.
In addition, IES Ben Arabí and IES Mediterráneo will continue to hold the annual contest of poetry 'Vientos del pueblo' and prepare a visit to his home in Orihuela.
On the other hand, the festival 'Deslinde' will pay homage to the writer in his next edition.
Ana Belén Castejón, who during the event recited the poem 'Elegía', wanted to emphasize Cartagena's relationship with Miguel Hernández, given that the city "marked a before and after both in personal life and in the work of the poet ", Which was" largely "because it was part of the Popular University, which came from the hand of two of Cartagena's" most distinguished authors "Carmen Conde and Antonio Oliver.
"It was the reading of 'The snail of the lighthouse', Gabriel Miró, which aroused in Hernandez his interest in our land and brought him here to be part of our most valuable story," he added.
"All readers of Miguel Hernández are fully aware of the many references he makes in his works to our Cartagena, our beaches, our people, which allows us to intuit also the footprint that he left in his passage through our municipality," Said the deputy mayor.
"Cartagena can not and should not be left out of the numerous acts of homage to commemorate the 75th anniversary of his death," he said.
The Councilor for Culture, for his part, highlighted the "commitment to promote and promote the participation of all, both political groups and all associations in many commemorative and cultural activities can be organized not only this year", but also Those "that contribute to the diffusion of the life and work of Miguel Hernández by that close relation that had with Cartagena".
Martinez has shown his hope "that Cartagena be Hernandiana City from this 2017 onwards."
Aitor Larrabide, director of the Miguel Hernández Cultural Foundation, has picked up the glove and, along the same lines, hoped that this initiative would not remain in a single year and that Cartagena be united to the poet "not only for literary values ​​but also for The ethical and committed citizen values, "while betting to continue fostering that relationship between the port city and Orihuela," which must be fluid. "
Likewise, he asked "to continue working beyond ephemeris or dates such as March 28 or October 30, and in that double literary and ethical side" of the writer.
"Cartagena deserved Miguel Hernández to return to this city," said Larrabide, who welcomed the launch of the Miguel Hernández Year in the municipality.
"Everything that is born of the sum of wills and supports and forces is what is really worth it," he explained, paraphrasing the writer.
"When the politicians, the public representatives, really feel the culture as something necessary, as fundamental, as a transforming will of society, is where the right path is," said the director of the Foundation.
START OF ACTS
This presentation, held in the Hall of receptions of the Palace Hall, opens the Year of Miguel Hernandez, and has participated in the same flamenco singer Julián Pérez Páez, who has advanced a small sample of the recital with which will pay homage to the writer on Friday to Starting at 8:00 pm at the Ramón Alonso Luzzy Cultural Center with Curro Merino, on the percussion, and José Ferrándiz 'Tomson' on guitar.
Before that, at 18:30 hours, there will be in the children's library of the same enclosure a storyteller based on the life of the poet entitled 'Miguel, the shepherd boy', directed by José Salguero and that will be in charge of Mario Carrión, Africa Garrigós and Faustino Sáez.
Both events are free admission until the capacity is completed.
ASSOCIATES
In the organization of the various activities that are part of the Miguel Hernández Year of Cartagena, there are associations and entities such as the Miguel Hernández Cultural Foundation, the Carmen Conde Municipality and Antonio Oliver, the Cartagena Popular University, the Miguel Hernández Aula Ben Arabí, IES Mediterráneo, the associate center of the National University of Distance Education (UNED) of Cartagena, the Historical Memory Association of Cartagena and the Carmen Conde Collective of Adult Education.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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