{"id":7248,"date":"2012-11-07T11:41:14","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T10:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/?p=7248"},"modified":"2012-11-07T12:17:25","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T11:17:25","slug":"el-presidente-michael-d-higgins-en-el-instituto-cervantes-de-dublin-president-michael-d-higgins-at-instituto-cervantes-in-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/el-presidente-michael-d-higgins-en-el-instituto-cervantes-de-dublin-president-michael-d-higgins-at-instituto-cervantes-in-dublin\/","title":{"rendered":"El presidente Michael D. Higgins en el Instituto Cervantes de Dubl\u00edn \/ President Michael D. Higgins in the Instituto Cervantes in Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Foto: Roberto de Zayas<\/p><\/div>\n

El presidente de Irlanda, Michael D. Higgins, inaugur\u00f3 oficialmente la primera edici\u00f3n del Festival ISLA de Literatura<\/a> el pasado 2 de noviembre en el Instituto Cervantes de Dubl\u00edn. y con ello contribuy\u00f3 de manera decisiva a su \u00e9xito. El festival, por el que pasaron a lo largo del fin de semana cerca de mil asistentes, reuni\u00f3 a escritores de Argentina, Chile, Cuba, M\u00e9xico, Irlanda y Espa\u00f1a en torno a una serie de lecturas, mesas redondas y proyecciones cinematogr\u00e1ficas.<\/p>\n

El presidente habl\u00f3 ante una sala abarrotada con cerca de 200 personas y les dio la bienvenida en espa\u00f1ol, irland\u00e9s, e ingl\u00e9s. Despu\u00e9s de saludar a los asistentes, centr\u00f3 su alocuci\u00f3n en los recuerdos de su reciente viaje diplom\u00e1tico por Am\u00e9rica Latina.<\/p>\n

\u00abHe regresado recientemente de mi visita a Chile, Brasil y Argentina, una parte del mundo que tiene un lugar especial en mi coraz\u00f3n\u00bb, dijo Higgins. \u00abDurante este viaje, me llam\u00f3 la atenci\u00f3n una vez m\u00e1s la profundidad del compromiso con la cultura y la literatura irlandesa que existe en Am\u00e9rica Latina y c\u00f3mo nuestras dos tradiciones se han influido y enriquecido mutuamente\u00bb.<\/p>\n

Higgins habl\u00f3 despu\u00e9s sobre el papel que la escritora Kate O’Brien ha jugado en la literatura irlandesa y espa\u00f1ola, y la intensa conexi\u00f3n de la autora con Espa\u00f1a.<\/p>\n

El amor del presidente por la poes\u00eda tambi\u00e9n se hizo evidente cuando aplaudi\u00f3 el \u00e9nfasis que el Festival ISLA de Literatura hizo sobre este g\u00e9nero en su programa. \u00abEstoy impresionado por la profundidad y la fuerza de la poes\u00eda en este programa. Seamus Heaney, en su magn\u00edfica colecci\u00f3n de ensayos \u00abThe Redress of Poetry\u00bb, habla de c\u00f3mo la poes\u00eda equilibra \u00abla balanza de la realidad hacia un cierto equilibrio trascendente\u00bb. El festival ISLA, con sus fuertes elementos interculturales, y los muchos poetas representados en \u00e9l, como Maighread Medbh y Lorna Shaughnessy, parece tener esa inventiva deliciosa de la que Heaney habla en su obra\u00bb.<\/p>\n

El presidente finaliz\u00f3 leyendo el poema de Oliver St. John Gogarty \u00abAn Long\u00bb primero en lengua irlandesa y despu\u00e9s en ingl\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

Informaci\u00f3n basada en la nota de prensa de Megan Specia y Sergio Angulo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Michael D. Higgins launched the first Irish, Spanish, and Latin America (ISLA) Literary Festival <\/a>on the evening of November 2 in the Instituto Cervantes in Dublin. The festival, which brought together writers from Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Ireland and Spain, was held over the weekend and featured a series of readings and round table discussions.<\/p>\n

The President spoke to a crowd of approximately 200 participants and welcomed them in Spanish, Irish, and English. After greeting the crowd, he spoke to those gathered about a recent diplomatic trip to Latin America.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have recently returned from visiting Chile, Brazil, and Argentina, a part of the world which has a cherished place in my heart,\u201d said Higgins. \u201cDuring these visits, I was struck again by the depth of the engagement with Irish culture and writing that exists in Latin America and how our two traditions have influenced and enriched each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Higgins went on to speak about the role than writer Kate O\u00b4Brien has played in Irish and Spanish literature, and the intense connection of the author to Spain.<\/p>\n

The President\u00b4s love of poetry was also evident when he applauded ISLA\u00b4s emphasis on the genre. Said Higgins, \u201c[I am] impressed by the depth and strength of poetic representation in the programme. Seamus Heaney, in his great collection on \u00b4The Redress of Poetry\u00b4, speaks of how poetry balances \u00b4the scales of reality towards some transcendent equilibrium\u00b4. The ISLA festival, with its strong intercultural elements, and the many poets represented like Maighread Medbh and Lorna Shaughnessy \u2026 would seem to have that self-delighting inventiveness of which Heaney speaks.\u201d<\/p>\n

He closed by reading Oliver St. John Gogarty\u00b4s poem “An Long” (The Ship) first in the Irish language and then in English.<\/p>\n

Megan Specia & Sergio Angulo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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