The Adelaida del Mármol 2023 National Poetry Prize was awarded to the book El miedo de Virgilio, by Holguin writer Rolando Bellido Aguilera, at the headquarters of Ediciones Holguin, as part of the activities of the XXIX Ibero-American Culture Festival.
A jury, composed by writers Lourdes Gonzalez, Yunier Riquenes and Eugenio Marron, qualified this Friday the book of poems as a work of Cuban medullarity, with a clean language and effective use of prose that shows the influence of the best of universal poetry in the author.
It is also a book with a solid unity and an argument that delves into the family tradition with the use of original metaphors which confirms the sagacity of the poet born in the municipality of Báguanos.
In previous editions and for 35 years this jury has been prestigious for outstanding artists such as Delfín Prats, National Literature Award 2023, Guillermo Rodríguez Rivera, David Chericián, Alberto Garrido, José Luis Moreno del Toro and Roberto Méndez.
Since its creation in 1988, in recognition of Cuban poetry, this award has been given to authors Luis Yuseff, José Luis Serrano, Lourdes González, Manuel García Verdecia, Roberto Manzano and José Poveda.
Called by the Provincial Book Center and Ediciones Holguin, this award pays tribute to the most important poetess of the 19th century in the territory and has managed to remain as one of the most significant at national level within the group of scholarships and prizes of the Cuban Book Institute.
With information from ACN / Translated by Radio Angulo
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