The presentation of the book "Column Literaria" works that takes place as part of the activities of the Bicentennial of the Independence of Panama of Spain served as a framework for the re-opening of the Balboa Theater and that at that time brought together illustrious writers who with their pen have been picking up some of the nationalist struggles.
The Minister of Culture, Carlos Aguilar Navarro, emphasized the commitment of the 58 Generation made up of university dreamers that made possible that wonder called "Literary Column, a print social means of communication that helped with each issue to study the current and future reality of Panama."
Referring to the importance of this work, the incumbent of MiCultura emphasized that they are "men and women who awaken sensitivities and consciences from poetry, essay, tale and opinion," that they were fully committed to freedom, sovereignty, education, memory, culture, science and literature.
He recalled that with the occasion of the Bicentennial, President Laurentino Cortizo called for a number of activities, including support for the publication of important works, such as today's occasion and that the Ministry of Culture is proud to cooperate "to have this important editorial proposal come to a good port."
The work is an architect of the compilers and researchers Ela Urriola, Javier Alvarado and Marco Ponce, "who put themselves into the patriotic task of recovering that past from a generation to which all Panamanians owe them an inspiring legacy," remarked Aguilar Navarro.
The Generation of 58 had a true vocation to fight. They did not clawg at the complicit silence of those who have been unaware of the most noble causes. Because these artists have always been close to the challenges and goals that we Panamanian have as a nation.
In his statement, Minister Aguilar Navarro emphasized the role of the 58 generation as "fruitful in proposals, approaches, ideas and thought," and this became clear from his reading of the pages of his book that allows his first creative steps to be seen from talented men and women who soon after would be an immense beacon of Panamanian letters.
He recognized figures such as José Manuel Bayard Lerma, Enrique Chuez, Arnoldo Diaz Wong, Griselda López, Roberto Luzcando, Julio César Moreno Davis, Moravia Ochoa López, Ramiro Ochoa López, Ramón Ovio, Bertalicia Peralta, Dimas Ridio Pitty, Benjamin Ramón, Ornel Urriola Marcucci, César Young Núñez and all those who have left their legacy at the mymographed pages that have transcended decades and that have built the path to our self-determination.