The Cuban Cultural Center of New York bestows its first El Titán award to publisher, editor, and poet Felipe Lázaro, on the 35th anniversary of the founding of Editorial Betania in Madrid, Spain in January of 1987, which served to publish the works of hundreds of exiled Cuban writers and of many others silenced inside the Island. Betania also served to rescue, preserve, and promote the legacy of key Cuban intellectuals who had fallen into oblivion, among them the great Cuban poet Gastón Baquero. Betania’s editions became known for the quality of their craftsmanship and their reputable editorial seal. Felipe Lazaro’s steadfast dedication was enhanced by his own trajectory as a poet, as well as his integrity and outspokenness in the promotion of culture as a vital weapon in the struggle for intellectual freedom in Cuba.
Felipe Lázaro will be interviewed by the award-winning literary critic Mariela Gutiérrez and will receive the award from Iraida Iturralde, president of the CCCNY. The award ceremony will be preceded by congratulatory messages from writers and artists across the globe, and followed by a Q&A with the honoree.
This special literary event is part of our CreateNYC Language Access Series on Cuban History, Art, and Literature.
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Dr. Mariela A. Gutiérrez is Distinguished Professor Award recipient and full Professor of Spanish at the University of Waterloo, Canada. She specializes in Afro-Hispanic Studies and 20th century Latin American Women Writers. Her many publications on the work of renowned Cuban writer Lydia Cabrera have brought her national and international recognition and many awards, including the Award for Excellence in Research in 2006. Among her chief publications are: Lydia Cabrera: Aproximaciones mítico-simbólicas a su cuentística (Verbum 1997), El Monte y las Aguas: Ensayos Afrocubanos (Editorial Hispano-Cubana 2003), An Ethnological Interpretation of the Afro-Cuban World of Lydia Cabrera (The Edwin Mellen Press 2008) and Afro-Cuban Short Stories by Lydia Cabrera in Translation (The Edwin Mellen Press 2008); she has authored over a hundred referenced articles in scholarly journals, book chapters and essays.
For a complete catalog of Editorial Betania, click here: Catálogo General_Betania -2022
This event is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature.
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