“I hope what happened on October 12 was an end point and not an end point.” This is what the RNE Clarín program has just said about La Puebla after winning the Golden Ear, the third of his career. … The Sevillian received the news from Portugal, accompanied by his agent, Pedro Jorge Marqués. He thanked the support and affection of all those who voted for him, and among these thanks he mentioned the journalist Federico Arnás, one of the collaborators of the public entity’s program, who took the opportunity to ask Morante if Hispanic Heritage Day had really been his farewell.
“It’s my hope and my illusion,” he explained in reference to this desired return. He alluded to the illness he lives with, which currently pushes him to “fight with life, waiting for the bad weather to pass.” He has suffered from this disease since the age of twenty, but he admits that curing “things in the head is not that simple. It is a very strong internal struggle.”
Despite everything, he seemed encouraged and left the door open to return: “I hope to be able to be with all of you soon, that’s what I love, and I can offer you my best version.”
He also remembers painting the previous two Golden Ears gold – “how am I going to present them without them being gold in color?” he said laughing. He even jokingly dropped the possibility of winning a fourth, and admitted the particular enthusiasm that this prize has always given him, since its creation.
Being April Fool’s Day, the joke for many fans must have been the return of the Genie. But his voice, joyful and serene, did not sound like a joke. Without a doubt, one of the best news to end the year, in which another proper name, in this case in the field of breeding, was that of Victorino Martín, winner of the Fer d’Or for the fourth time (curious coincidence with the professor’s joke), whom Morante himself wanted to congratulate.
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