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Provincial Debate Meeting of Literary Workshops and Popular Storytelling

I still remember my beginnings in literary workshops, when my heart was squeezed with each creation and I suffered at the slightest sign. It has rained a little since then, but its mark is indelible; today I am very grateful for it.

Las Tunas, Cuba.- "That is why these days, during the Provincial Debate Meeting of Literary Workshops and Popular Storytelling, the feeling of that time of twinning and learning, shared by so many creators currently multi-awarded and published, awakens in me."

"I was impacted by the personal relationships that emanated from the debates, from sharing spaces and common interests, from fraternizing with so many people in need of expressing their talent. The criteria shed light, they come from an audience that first listens and then gives its point of view on each work; we learn a lot," summed up Jorge Luis Reyes Peña, who won first prize in poetry and a mention in décima."

Provincial Debate Meeting of Literary Workshops and Popular Storytelling"It is a wonderful experience, with a very high-level jury, which includes renowned writers such as Lesbia de la Fe Dotres. She gave me many suggestions to perfect my story, the first one I wrote, and that, thank God, has been awarded. I am very grateful to everyone, especially to Alibet Masjuan, my instructor at the Tomasa Varona House of Culture," said Ariannys Portelles Lozada, winner of the children's story.

"It was nice to exchange criteria with workshop leaders and specialists. I remembered the beginnings in the '70s... Let's take time to strengthen these meetings," Lesbia de la Fe, author of Abracadabra y el abuelo, the first text that marked children's literature here," said on Facebook.

Argel Fernández Granado, Literature methodologist of the Provincial Center of Culture Houses (CPCC), for his part, spoke on the YouTube channel of that institution about the development that the territory has in the manifestation and the importance of systematic work with new cultivators. "We live in a land prodigal in writers. In all municipalities, we have exponents. The creation and appreciation workshops, reading circles, and other actions show a solid and systematic work". Hence the results.

It is essential to go back to the roots of all education, especially in the beloved region of Juan Cristóbal Nápoles Fajardo (El Cucalambé), Gilberto E. Rodríguez, Guillermo Vidal, Ramiro Duarte, and other great inspirational writers.