{"id":10813,"date":"2018-06-28T02:47:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T02:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/?p=10813"},"modified":"2018-06-29T03:51:14","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T03:51:14","slug":"english-version-cultura-rinde-homenaje-postumo-a-poeta-aida-cartagena-portalatin-en-el-centenario-de-su-natalicio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/english-version-cultura-rinde-homenaje-postumo-a-poeta-aida-cartagena-portalatin-en-el-centenario-de-su-natalicio\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Culture Honors Dominican Poet on Her Centennial Anniversary of her Birth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Santo Domingo, June 28, 2018<\/strong> \u2013 In a memorable event held to highlight the literary legacy of the author of Una mujer est\u00e1 sola<\/em> (A Woman is Alone, unofficial translation), the Ministry of Culture posthumously honored Dominican poet A\u00edda Cartagena Portalat\u00edn on what would have been her 100th anniversary.<\/p>\n

The event was organized by the directorates of the Book and Reading Office, the International Poetry Festival and the Pedro Henr\u00edquez Ure\u00f1a National Library.<\/p>\n

Vice Minister of Identity and Culture, Edil\u00ed Pichardo, headed the ceremony accompanied by National Library Director Di\u00f3medes N\u00fa\u00f1ez Polanco; Ruth Herrera, Director General of Books and Reading and Le\u00f3n F\u00e9lix Batista, in charge of the International Poetry Festival.<\/p>\n

In his remarks, Library Director Di\u00f3medes N\u00fa\u00f1ez Polanco described the event as a true act of love on the part of academics.\u00a0 He defined poet A\u00edda Cartagena Portalat\u00edn as a true representative of Dominican literature.<\/p>\n

Present during the events were Dominican poets Soledad \u00c1lvarez, C\u00e9sar Zapata, Armando Alm\u00e1nzar Botello, Delta Soto, Iv\u00e1n Garc\u00eda, Basilio Belliard, Juan Hern\u00e1ndez Inirio, Manuel Garc\u00eda Cartagena, Clary Almonte, Amable L\u00f3pez Mel\u00e9ndez, Pedro Pablo Fern\u00e1ndez and Luis Reynaldo P\u00e9rez.<\/p>\n

Family members of the renowned Dominican poet were also present: Mayra Cartagena Salom\u00f3n, Carlos Mesa Cartagena, Milagros Cartagena Infante, Cuqui Cartagena, Lesly Brea Cartagena y Miranda Brea.<\/p>\n

During the event, relatives of the poet donated many of her personal books and documents to the National Library.<\/p>\n

Also included in the program was the participation of 35 Dominican writers, under the coordination of the Books and Reading and the International Poetry Festival offices, in a segment titled \u201c100 Minutes of Poetry in Honor of Poet A\u00edda Cartagena Portalat\u00edn.\u201d<\/p>\n

Writer and artist Yanela Hern\u00e1ndez read a fragment of one of Cartagena Portalat\u00edn\u2019s best known poems: Una mujer est\u00e1 sola<\/em>.<\/p>\n

To conclude the event the Directorate of Books and Reading and the International Poetry Festival office presented a special segment titled \u201c100 from A\u00edda Cartagena Portalat\u00edn.\u201d<\/p>\n

Event organizers presented A\u00edda Cartagena Portalat\u00edn\u2019s family members with a special plaque.\u00a0 They, in turn, thanked the Ministry for honoring one of the country\u2019s most important poets.<\/p>\n

A\u00edda Cartagena Portalat\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

A\u00edda Cartagena Portalat\u00edn, Dominican poet, writer and essayist was born in the north-central town of Moca, on June 18, 1918.\u00a0 She died in Santo Domingo on June 3, 1994.<\/p>\n

She was one of the very few Dominican female writers from the first half of the 20th century who managed to raise her voice and prevail in a literary environment dominated mostly by men. Some of her poems – Estaci\u00f3n en la tierra, Una mujer est\u00e1 sola y La casa<\/em> \u2013 (Earth Station, A Woman is Alone and The House, non-official translations) confirm the loneliness and rebellious attitude that marked most of the writings. At the same time, most of her writings strive to place the women of her generation in a just space.<\/p>\n

Her novel Escalera para Electra<\/em>\u00a0(Stairs for Electra, non-official translation) was a finalist in the prestigious Seix Barral literary contest in 1969. She is the Dominican writer that has been most researched and studied.\u00a0 The Dominican editorial house Ediciones Cielonaranja\u00a0<\/em>is currently working on the publication of her complete works.<\/p>\n

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