XVII Anniversary of the Virgilio Díaz Grullón Literary Workshop CURSA-UASD

XVII Anniversary of the Virgilio Díaz Grullón Literary Workshop CURSA-UASD
República Dominicana, Santo Domingo 28/06/2011

Once again, the Virgilio Díaz Grullón Literary Workshop of the Regional University Center of Santiago (CURSA) and the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), in connection with the Cultural Department of the UASD, are celebrating their Seventeenth Anniversary with their Annual Recognition. This is the most important cultural event at this university, attended by distinguished intellectuals, writers, poets, arts administrators, artists, journalists and Dominican cultural personalities. The event will take place on Friday June 24, 2011 in the Bar of the Gran Teatro Regional of Santiago at 7: 00 PM.

We wish to celebrate and share with you the success we have enjoyed throughout these past 17 years of uninterrupted work during which time we have incorporated the university into the cultural history of Santiago, the region and the entire country.

We will be giving awards and paying recognition to the following: the Virgilio Díaz Grullón Merit Distinction award will go to Héctor Amarante. The Narciso González Narcisazo to Dagoberto Tejeda. Young Writer award to Johanna Díaz. The Cultural Institution award to the Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE). Support for Culture Channel 25 Broadcasting to to César Hernández. Menelio Almonte (Menny) to Alberto José, Entre Amigos (Among Friends). Dionisio López Cabral to the Group of Narrators of Santiago, received in the person of its founder, Máximo Vega. As part of our 17th anniversary, we are honored to present our memorial summary dating from 1994 to 2011, which contains a journalistic summary of dozens and dozens of cultural activities carried out to date. We will also be presenting shows from the Voz Literaria (Literary Voice), programs of developed research, lists of those who attended the the weekly workshop meetings with their respective members.

As such, we are only sending the list of those members who are receiving their monthly compensation: Carlos Arroyo Ramos (A. F. 7574), Mónica Padilla (B.I-3806), Arelis Albino (95-2591), Juana García Núñez (91-8144), Alejandra Vásquez (95-2595) and Enegildo Peña (95-2544).
 
We wish to celebrate and share with you the success we have enjoyed throughout these past 17 years of uninterrupted work during which time we have incorporated the university into the cultural history of Santiago, the region and the entire country.

This work, throughout the years, has been praised and recognized by writers, intellectuals, artists, communicators, institutions and cultural groups. From there, we began our historic journey, with a quote from ourselves: Culture is achieved by doing, therefore we do what we say!

Having completed the task at hand, and above all, with the gratitude that can only emanate from culture,

Enegildo Peña                                                                                 
Director and Founder
Virgilio Díaz Grullón Literary Workshop (CURSA-UASD)