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Canada Cuba
Literary Alliance
December 28th 2010
Holguin Cuba
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Lalita Curbelo |
A cold
morning, a group of friends gathered at the Luz Caballero
cemetery entrance, in small groups because they didn’t know
each other, but were there for the same reason, a fair homage
to a dear poet,
Lalita
Curbelo, a 'all together walk' to her tomb, the chilling
breeze helped the sacred moment, in a due silence all listened
to her taped voice, then words and poems by her friends. |
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Proud
to be there, CCLA members did their homage, Richard Grove
(Tai),
Manuel and Adonay, their son Pablo, Mirian and Wency, all
brought flowers
for this woman that lives in the heart of so many persons.
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Wency Rosales read his poem, 'The
Sacred
Silence of the Dead', recently published
in a poetry anthology, 'The Sacred Silence of the Valley', by Hidden Brook
Press. Then
the soft melody of a guitar and the thank words put an end to
this unforgettable morning.
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Later on, they all gathered at the house
where Lalita lived for many years.
Old house under renovation, (now is a cultural institution),
more friends and writers were there, strings rhythms,
poetry readings,
a coffee break, then a symbolic book presentation.
Richard Grove, Pres. Canada Cuba Literary Alliance - Speaking
(in white shirt)
CCLA President, Richard Grove and CCLA
Ambassador Wency Rosales,
who is also the Editor of the book, said a few words to the
audience,
Richard saying -'lo siento, mi español es muy limitado'-
popular phrase,
'sorry my Spanish is very limited', and how proud he was of
being there for the
homage and his modest contribution for the publishing of the
book and being
able to give a copy to each author and donate a few others to
different institutions
in the province.
Wency Rosales, Editor of the
book
Miriam Estrella Vera Delgado (left) Richard Grove, Pres. CCLA
(right)
Wency read part of
the preface, talked a bit about the difficulties in
translating
poetry and the invaluable help of CCLA member, honorable
writer and reviser
Katharine Beeman. The whole audience wanted to have a copy of
the book,
but that was not possible.
The book of
Holguin writers is a small bilingual (Spanish English)
anthology and
becomes a special gift where 22 authors offer their work, some
of them known
among the public, others unknown, but with a general message
of love for everyone.
Order your copy of ¨The Sacred Silence of the Valley¨,
from Hidden Brook Press,
at
www.HiddenBrookPress.com or email
writers@HiddenBrookPress.com ,
and you will find yourself on its
sacred journey.
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Report thanks to Wency Rosales, Holguin Cuba
Photos by Amauris
Betancourt, Holguin, Cuba
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