La Casa de la Cultura "Pedro Serna" Las Torres de Cotillas was on Thursday night October 30th stage an evening of recognition and tribute.
And the night was dedicated to one of the largest Torrena culture: the famous poet Salvador Sandoval, who presented his "Collection of poems" in the local cycle of "literary Thursday."
The event, organized by the Literary Association Cotillas Towers and the local Department of Culture, was chaired by the mayor Torreño, Domingo Coronado, and Councillor for Culture, Domingo Cava.
It recited various fragments of the work of Sandoval and even the author's son made a gloss on the life and work of his father.
Also, Ricardo Montes-official historian of the town, "he read on behalf of the veteran poet Murcia Sánchez Paco Bautista (whom his health problems prevented him from attending) an emotional letter to his close friend Salvador Sandoval
Finally, Coronado and Cava delivery of various gifts made to the author, whose wife also took the stage to be presented with a bouquet of flowers.
"The city of Las Torres pays well-deserved tribute to the figure of Salvador Sandoval, a prominent poet and literary authority that has carried the name of our people to the highest levels of regional culture," noted the mayor of Culture Torreño.
Master of letters
Torreño the neighborhood of the pulpit, Salvador Sandoval (1928) has to his credit with several literary prizes, the first dating from 1962 - that have been granted to the length and breadth of regional and national levels.
It also has the Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise, which was delivered in 1996 - and Favorite Son of the locality.
Loved and respected both inside and outside the municipality, for the literary quality and relevance of his work, which include the titles "go down to the valley", "river water", "Cornfields and Retamas", "Autumn Sun "and" A sealed world. "
A teacher, Sandoval was director of schools "Cervantes" and "Valentine Buendía" in the town, retired in 1992 and the Secondary School of the municipality bears his name.
Furthermore, the writer Torreño was for nearly a quarter century regional correspondent of "The Truth."
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas