Relaxed but somewhat “shielded” and has appeared Juan Goytisolo in his first public appearance two days before receiving the Cervantes Prize, an award which he said, “has been a source of concern that satisfaction. I liked the joy of my friends. ”
And that Juan Goytisolo (Barcelona, 1931) is one of the writers who rejects everything institutional, a maverick, a solitary bird dedicated to recover everything that was in Spain outside the restrictive canon Catholic and national, as he remembered today; but nevertheless, unable to refuse Cervantes, the highest award of the letters in Spanish.
“You can not refuse Cervantes, would like reject him, although I was surprised, because I knew that there was no will to give it to me,” the author of “Signs of Identity”, which recognized that before all acts and pageantry that carries the prize, he has sought “shielded”.
“I feel like” a stowaway on an ocean liner, “said Marraquech based writer for years, while confirming that there would tuxedo to the ceremony, as tradition dictates.
“I have told them that if they want to disguise myself rather go with hijab,” he said with humor, another feature that characterizes his work.
But he also made clear that for him this award is “a vindication of Spanish critical tradition, Blanco White, Azaña, Pi Margall, Francisco Márquez Villanueva Larra or” outside the canon authors like him
Goytisolo declined to disclose the content of his speech.; but yes, said he will be short (three sheets and a half) and will try to say much with few words.
“speak current world situation, the situation in Spain,” said Juan Goytisolo, that on several occasions expressed his “sympathy” -a training can question the traditional structure of the political parties and the emergence of Citizens, which has now been repeated. “Citizens is also a blow to the hard right of the PP”.
With respect to all corruption cases the writer considered that the information timetable has changed the calculus of probabilities “will be news” is discovered “a ruler who has not stolen a penny”.
Goytisolo was also very critical of the role of the EU in emigration and latest disaster in the Mediterranean. “It’s a shame that the European Union does not have a common policy to address migration flows”.
With regard to the role of writers and their influence on society, the author of “John Lackland” said that whenever his presence “is more blurred”.
And in the presence of intellectuals, writers and poets in Spanish politics, Goytisolo was very critical. “Sometimes it’s better that many of them are engaged in politics rather than to literature”.
Goytisolo stressed again that was against any nationalism, “the Spanish, Catalan, Arabic … all” and compared the current situation in the Arab world in the sixteenth and seventeenth . “The violence was brutal, the Inquisition in Spain paragraph leave the country so much violence, but I’m very pessimistic today.”
“When overthrew (President Hosni) Mubarak in Egypt and called the Arab Spring began, I already said that was difficult, it is one thing to conquer freedom and other achieve democracy, which is something very long, “he said.
The writer, brother of another great author, Luis Goytisolo, and José Agustín, the poet died in 1999, also said that two of his literary references are “Don Quixote”, “La Celestina” and ” The Lozana Andaluza “.
After the press conference and in events organized by the Cervantes which will be held this Thursday in Alcalá de Henares Goytisolo deposited in the Fund Bills Instituto Cervantes his legacy, as does each winner.
The author of “Hallmarks” left two unpublished manuscripts: a collection of poems entitled “Prayer” with two quotations from St. John of the Cross and a “complex” manuscript, mixing memory, autofiction and a kind of inventory, to be discovered in 2031, when the author meets the hundred years.
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