Maggi, Mercader and Vigil out critical crossing
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Distinguishing Distinguished Visitor of Montevideo will receive Mario Vargas Llosa has divided the waters in the Uruguayan intellectual gray . Former Culture Minister Antonio Mercader and writers Carlos Maggi Mercedes Vigil and defend the statement and talk about the risks of mixing politics and literature. Vargas Llosa
arrive for the second time in Uruguay on April 12 to issue a conference and received the Grand Medal Academic Catholic University of Uruguay. In line with its arrival, the Board approved Montevideo Departmental Distinguished Visitor declare it, which led to divergent opinions between writers and people of culture.
In this context, the writer Carlos Maggi was in favor of the distinction, saying "I feel very good that a man remarkable for his talent and moral, as a person so definitely clear in its position, we try talk to him and be around. It is not uncommon for people who speak English have an outstanding man in the world, such as Vargas Llosa long time. "
Maggi said the Nobel prize "is not to change anything. He comes to recognize this man, who is fine in his literary work, writing great novels, quick to read and important. And with a clear political path, some shared and some not. As we are supporters of free play in that respect at all they should look good. To me, more personally, because I agree with him much in the way of thinking. I guess others will like it but think contrary to the political level. "
Meanwhile, the former culture minister under President Lacalle, Antonio Mercader, told Ultimas Noticias feel uncomfortable with statements made yesterday to this newspaper by the National Library's director, Carlos Liscano. "The comment that bothered me most was the director of the National Library. Liscano represent a public institution and should respect his inauguration. There may be released with these statements. If you want to comment on Vargas Llosa to do in a bowling alley," he said .
Merchant added that the distinction to be granted an Peruvian writer is perfectly justified by his literary work, for which he received the Nobel Prize 2010. "We are honored to distinguish the writer. It is regrettable to mix literature and politics. When García Márquez, adherent to the Cuban regime, received the Nobel I did not hear opinions of this kind. I think a lack of respect (Liscano) says Vargas Llosa is a produce company literature. What measuring stick your work? But also, if we talk of illustrious visitors, this administration has stated, for example, Daniel Ortega, a man who committed incest. "
Politics and Literature Asked by Ultimas Noticias, the writer Mercedes Vigil on Thursday last faced a Liscano demand for "defamation and insult" to the courts that ended in settlement, said he was very happy with the declaration of our distinguished visitors passed by the Divisional Board of Montevideo.
"In February Vargas Llosa, when he was in the Conrad Hotel in Punta del Este, I believe that most citizens feel a great shame to see that, in general, so-called intellectual class Uruguayan, again, it fell short of the circumstances. For me it is unquestionably one of the best English-speaking writers, a brilliant mind and a man quite admirable. I'm happy and anxious to receive in the coming weeks. "
Vigil referred to the importance of receiving a Nobel Prize in Literature, in the sense that" not every day comes to these lands an award for such characteristics. A well-deserved Nobel prize, too. I think he and Borges were people that his political position they took over the Nobel Prize, when other people probably because his political position had it long before. "(*)
novelist - declared illustrious citizen in 2010 - highlighted as a" terrible mistake "mixing politics and literature. "If so, I would not read the great writers of the world left who have been advocating in his literature to maintain a vicious dictatorship like that of Fidel Castro. These are the echoes (in reference to criticism of Vargas Llosa) to condemn right-wing literature, but someone has to say at some point, and well I like the coat to me that there are a lot of writers who are still writing and its literature makes odes to other dictatorships that are as terrible as the right. There is great confusion in Uruguay. It is believed that a writer is important for political office he holds. I say this as an ordinary citizen, who never holds statewide office, or political, and I have no party apparatus behind.
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(*) Let's see: first, to Borges I took both the Nobel laureate who died before they give him. On the other hand, in the case of Vargas, it could also be said that when he wrote his best books did not get the Nobel because he was a leftist, and give it now because is right and Vigil. I think that neither one thing nor the other, and there camanduleros both Swedish and Norwegian academies as the Departmental Board of Montevideo. Finally, note that Vigil, the soldiers as state terrorists, not "no party apparatus behind."
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