The Mexican writer Fernando del Paso denounced the situation of Mexico and declared himself ready, at 81, to continue writing, to receive this Saturday the Cervantes prize, coinciding with the fourth centenary of the death of the author of “Don Quixote “.
” the magnificence and importance of the Prize Cervantes Spanish Literature, makes me morally to do (write) and will do so, “said Step in his speech accepting the award, the most prestigious Hispanic letters.
Shortly before entering the auditorium of the University of Alcala de Henares, near Madrid and the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes, where the ceremony, the Paso took place had claimed that he is recovering “very well “stroke he suffered three years ago, so” I hope to continue writing, and this award is an encouragement “.
Dressed in a dark suit and tie with red and yellow colors of the Spanish flag , the author of “Palinuro of Mexico” spoke, sitting in a wheelchair, a cheerful speech where he flailed his life and his literary journey, on the day that the fourth centenary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes is commemorated and contemporary English William Shakespeare.
the writer brought out the laughter in those attending the ceremony, presided over by Felipe and Letizia kings, among whom was the head of government, Mariano Rajoy, or the secretary (minister) Mexican Culture, Rafael Tovar. Step recalled as a child, at her uncle near a zoo, from which “the raucous roars of lions, discovered the Spanish classics and” Don Quixote “could be heard.
“I said: leoncitos to me? and I dove into the literature of the Spanish classics: since I am familiar with all of them: Tirso de Molina, Lope de Vega, Garcilaso, Góngora, the Archpriest of Hita, Quevedo, Baltasar Gracian and several others. It was there also, in my uncle’s house where I faced Don Quixote “.
” Yawn and cough in Castilian “
” I got out of reading very rich and very happy to have learned that literature and humor could make good friends. From this I gathered that also speeches and humor could be, “said Step, which applied this belief in his speech.
The King Philip VI imposed the supporting medal award, received shortly before five Mexicans before him, highlighting the “painstaking work” that displays the author, using language “in which the respect for tradition and the innovative audacity come together”.
the monarch stressed as the step uses the Spanish “making it shine in your books with the skill of a goldsmith who makes the best precious metals”
the Mexican author showed this attachment by stating humorously. “when I cry, I cry in Castilian; when I laugh, even laughing, I laugh in Castilian and when I yawn, cough and sneeze, yawn, cough and sneeze in Castilian. That’s not all: I speak, read and write in Castilian. “
He returned to pay tribute to the Spanish poet Miguel Hernandez,” who blew all my literary vocation “, as he joked with various problems health has suffered. Author of works such as “News of the empire”, “Jose Trigo” or
“Travel around El Quijote” Step not only he claimed the Castilian but used his speech to slide a criticism of the situation in his country.
“things have not changed in Mexico but for the worse, continue robberies, extortions, kidnappings, disappearances, feminicide, discrimination, abuse of power , corruption, impunity and cynicism, “he said.
the author said he probably will not write about this because no longer active journalism, but” perhaps a topic I will inspire literary prose ” he had said before the ceremony.
AFP
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