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Miguel Hernández focuses the program villero

Miguel Hernández focuses the program villero
Book Day 1:02
28/abr/11
OROTAVA
THE DAY, S / C de Tenerife

The City of La Orotava, through its Executive Department of Library and Archive Municipal promotes until 7 May, various cultural, recreational and educational to celebrate World Book Day. This year, organizers will honor one of the great English writers of the twentieth century: the poet Miguel Hernández Alicante (1910-1942).

An exhibition on his life and work constitute the core of an issue, the eighth, which will be two literary competitions, sesiones de cuentacuentos, talleres didácticos, actuaciones folclóricas y funciones de teatro, entre otras las iniciativas dirigidas a los estudiantes y al público en general.

Las diferentes actividades tendrán como escenario la Biblioteca Municipal, las Casas Consistoriales y la plaza de la Constitución. En este último enclave se desarrollará la feria del libro hasta el próximo domingo con la participación de una veintena de expositores.

Fondos documentales

La exposición dedicada a Miguel Hernández se nutre de fondos procedentes del archivo municipal y de la propia biblioteca. Ésta acogerá hasta el próximo 7 de mayo la exposición "Miguel Hernández a through the press ", structured in two parts, the first of which includes various editions of his works, among which are those printed in Argentina by Editorial Losada, the second includes newspaper and magazine titles in the first third of the twentieth century that echoed the literary and personal vicissitudes of the author.

In addition to the shows have produced two information panels where, through text and photographs, gives an overview of the life and literary career of the poet.

One of the jewels of this exhibition is the February issue of 1932 of the illustrated magazine Estampa, which reproduces an interview with poet during his first stay Orihuela in Madrid in December 1931.

parallel, two poets reminds Tenerife, as Miguel Hernandez, were victims of the Franco regime: Luis Rodriguez Figueroa (1875-1936) and Domingo López Torres (1910-1937). Both are represented by two relevant journals canarias, Castalia, of which he was director-Figueroa and Hesperides, in which Lopez Torres published some of his poems. Notably

this exhibition will be accompanied by various sculptures due to José Luis Sánchez Perera.