The 2024 City Awards were presented this Tuesday as part of activities for the 194 anniversary of the founding of the city of Nueva Gerona on Isla de la Juventud.

La santiaguera Caridad Tasiana González Sánchez obtained the lauro in Children’s Literature with the title Romancero del Amor , work that stood out for its poetic flight, good language and the break of verse in search of rhythm. He received a mention in that category Lia come to play, by the poet Lisi García Valdés de Santa Clara.

In the section of poetry, the text was awarded: She is an Island of Paper, by the poet Mailin Castro Suárez de Santiago de Cuba, for spirituality , maturity and expressive strength that comes down deep when dealing with essential aspects of being.

The poetry collection Yo Soy Alonso Quijano, by the poet Wilfredo Casanova Ortiz de Matanzas, the Harp of Icarus, by Natali Chávez Hernández, de Matanzas, and Tril, by the poet Alexander Aguilar López de Granma was mentioned.

The branch of the Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba in the territory included the collateral prize, Waldo Medina, merit that, on this occasion received the writer Eduardo Sánchez Montejo, with the title Poemas de la razón cínica, work valued for its high discursive flight, It appeals to irony and humor.

In this edition of the literary event were presented 42 works from various territories of Cuba, 19 in children’s literature and 23 in poetry, where only 3 notebooks were from the Island of Youth.