Overcoming the incident more than 40 years ago when Gabriel García Márquez was punched by Mario Vargas Llosa, the Nobel Colombian children were reunited with the Peruvian tonight in Barcelona, during a tribute to Carmen Balcells , the literary agent of the two giants of American literature. (See also: Death of Carmen Balcells / Editorial)
Vargas Llosa was the first moment of prominence, when projected on the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona, a piece on video Celebration of 80 years in his hometown Balcells. During that ceremony, the Peruvian Nobel paid an emotional tribute that brought him to tears: “I always put the shoulder for us to mourn our sorrows and immediately began to resolve … I never knew more generous and good person bowels; you were in the darkest and difficult moments, when now you help us see more clearly, “he said then. (Read: Nelida Pinon pays tribute to Carmen Balcells)
Then they came more moments of emotion, with the words of academic Carme Riera, writer Eduardo Mendoza and Miquel de Palol, then came the tribute Barcha Gonzalo Garcia, who read an excerpt from ‘Memories of My Melancholy Whores “, with the bottom of a Bach sonata, which is cited in the text.
The newspaper El Pais, Spain, cites the nostalgic words of filmmaker Rodrigo García, aimed at Balcells: “You were one of my aunts putative marked my childhood; since I’m addicted to your approval. Records Carme i fins semper “, concluded in Catalan, which means’ Memories, Carmen, and forever.”
Then the singer Joan Manuel Serrat sang one of their successes Catalan, ‘Paraules d’amor’, dedicated to maternal literary agent, who died last September 20.
 Isabel Preysler, current partner of Mario Vargas Llosa, also participated in the tribute to the literary agent. Photo: EFE . |
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