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The poet lives in the city: on squares, in bookstores, at the university. Rafael Cadenas is another citizen of Caracas. Who would think that the person sitting next to him, in the Metrobús who goes to La Trinidad, received, a few months ago, the Ibero-American poetry award Reina Sofía?
On May 11, Cadenas obtained one. the most important awards given to poets and which recognizes the common cultural heritage of Ibero-America and Spain. The Chileans Nicanor Parra, Argentinian Juan Gelman and the Colombian Álvaro Mutis are among the winners of previous editions of the region. Cadenas is the first Venezuelan to receive the award promoted by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Spain, the University of Salamanca and the Cultural Heritage.
And to honor the poet, friends and the general public meet at Plaza Los Palos Grand to attend the conversation "Celebrando a Cadenas", organized by the Embassy of Spain, Culture Chacao, Venezuelan Authors and what to read. Among the approximately 300 people who attended the call, were the students from the School of Letters of the Central University of Venezuela, where the author taught the courses of the late eighties 60 to the 90s; the ambassadors of Spain, Jesús Silva Fernández, and of Italy, Silvio Mignano (who is also a translator of the work of Cadenas in Italian), as well as the endearing affections of the writer Barquisimetano . All sitting under a cloudy sky. Fortunately, the rain fell when the event was over.
In the colloquium, moderated by Rafael Castillo Zapata, Maria Fernanda Palacios, Alejandro Sebastiani and Luis Miguel Isava participated. Zapata emphasized the fact that young people are frequent readers of the poetry of Cadenas, characterized by silence, amid the failure and abandonment to which Venezuelan society is subjected.
a word that he admitted to having used a lot lately, and he read two poems, one dedicated to his wife Milena González, who died last year, and another who, he says, Not yet finished writing, dedicated to the Czech poet Rilke. ] In 2009, the author received the FIL Prize for Literature in Romance Languages and in 2015 the International Poetry Prize Federico García Lorca. During the last quarter, he will travel to Spain where, on Tuesday, October 23, he will receive the prize of Queen Sofia in the auditorium of the University of Salamanca.
Padlocks has been nominated for the Central University of Venezuela and the University of Salamanca. Andes. To this end, a record was recorded with his work and three letters: one from the rector, one from the dean and one from the school of letters.
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