| He received more than 150 awards throughout his literary career, including the Polo Medina or the Albacara, as well as the Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X el Sabio | The City Council of Las Torres de Cotillas reports with regret the death of the Favorite Son of the City and distinguished poet Salvador Sandoval López.
He also wants to extend his condolences to his family and friends for his loss.
"We greatly regret the death of Don Salvador.
With him disappears one of the clearest and most admirable voices in the lyrics dedicated to the garden, love and popular sentiment.
The work of a writer, however, is never buried with him, rather, it is reborn with new vigor in its memory, "says the Torreño mayor, Joaquín VelaFernández.Sandoval, which gives its name to one of the municipality's secondary schools, was born in the Torreño neighborhood of Los Pulpites in 1928.
A disciple of Francisco Sánchez Bautista, he received more than 150 awards throughout his literary career, including Polo Medina or the Albacara, as well as the Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X el Sabio.As every year, last January the Las Torres literary association honored Sandoval, its president, at the Pedro Serna House of Culture, on the occasion of his 92nd birthday, in an act that included the collaboration of the Department of Culture and the assistance of the mayor torreño.
"The attentions and hospitality of which I was your part, and the literary evenings in which I had the opportunity to receive your clean verses and your thoughtful considerations, will remain indelibly engraved in my memory.
Until always, Master", concludes the first mayor.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas