Yesterday, before Minister Ernest Urtasun, the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sports, Gonzalo Santoña, defended the inclusion of the Seville bullfighter Ignacio Sánchez Mejías in the celebration of the centenary of the 27th generation, a figure he likened to two other “key” figures in … Origins of the movement such as Rafael Alberti and José Bergamin. He stressed that the right-hander “cannot be marginalized” and “his personality cannot be ignored” in any way during this celebration.
He made these statements in Madrid at the end of the sectoral conference in which the program of activities related to the commemoration was discussed, and in which “Minister Urtasun said that he would not marginalize anyone,” and that The veto was a “misunderstanding.” In any case, the advisor indicated that the meeting held at the Reina Sofia Museum was “friendly and sincere,” and that he said what he saw fit, and he also had the opportunity to listen to other opinions. He also announced during his speech that Castile and León would join the commemorative program “largely holding hands” of the Community of Madrid, as well as other autonomous regions.
One of the initiatives presented is celebration From the “Twenty-Seventh Congress and the Bulls”, Which will be curated by the writer, historian and literary critic Andrés Amorós, and he also referred to the exhibition that Amorós himself is preparing with René Bayo and which, like the conference, “will be held and viewed both in Madrid and in Castile and León.” He added that they are also working “on programming for La Barraca and on many other activities related to the 27th.” But he did not want to provide more details about the content of some of the initiatives that will be presented this month, according to sources in the ministry.
Santoña noted that “the twenty-seventh day is very important” in Castile and León, and to show the connection that the community had with this generation, he pointed out that Rafael Alberti’s second book, “The Beloved,” was written in the Ribera del Duero, in the entire Aranda region, while Federico García Lorca’s beginnings as a writer occurred in the “Diario de Burgos,” “when he went with Mariano Perueta, with his teacher, and wrote the first articles.” Moreover, “La Barraca worked in almost all the provinces of Castile and León, leaving a big mark,” he added. Before concluding, the Chancellor boasted that he was the only one among the sector participants who had the “privilege” of being “a very personal friend of both Rafael Alberti and José Bergamin,” whom he had met when he was very young, “before Franco’s death,” and with whom he said he maintained a friendship until the end, in addition to having had “the honor of going with both of them to watch the bullfights, where they talked to him about them.” Sanchez Mejias with real enthusiasm.”