singer-songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat is already Orihuela’s adopted son. The plenary of the Oriolan City Council supported the proposal in plenary this Thursday, with a unanimous citizen initiative from all political groups represented.
Thus, seven months after the introduction of the proposal, with a collection of signatures for Orihuela’s designation adopted son of the city The General Assembly of the City Council, Joan Manuel Serrat, put this appointment to a vote at its regular session in December. The deal, brought up by Antonio Sanchez (Cs), was met with a final round of applause after the approved vote. By PSOE, PP, Ciudadanos, Cambiemos and Vox.
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However, the request made by a group of people connected to the cultural world and other sectors was recorded last June. The letter addressed to the Metropolitan Municipality is as follows: Approved with 140 signatures. According to the municipal regulation on Honors and Titles, such an appointment procedure can be initiated by the City Council at the request of various organizations or by submitting at least 100 signatures from Oriolanos.
Appointment support
ana gomez pardoSerrat, a veterinarian with extensive experience in promoting cultural events in Orihuela, was the one who came up with the idea to promote this privilege. Notable among the signatories Jesús Millán and Antonio Escudero, Oriolan professors at the universities of Valencia and Alicanteand respectively Anthony Gutierrez former general secretary of the CCOO; Antonia Moreno, the state’s Consell delegate; lawyer Federico Ros; Juan Jose Sanchez Balaguer co-director of the Ibero-American Chair of Cultural and Creative Industries (Miguel Hernández University); Various veiled gentlemen and writers such as Miguel Ángel Morcillo.
Already in 2007, named Ateneo Viento del Pueblo Serrat became an honorary member of this cultural association at a show attended by the singer-songwriter and presented with a commemorative plaque and a bust of Miguel Hernández. Mayor Sánchez also thanked Orihuela’s official historian, Antonio Galiano, for his cooperation in processing the file.
Initiative coincides with this year 80th anniversary of Miguel Hernández’s death In Alicante prison and with international tour and partner country Serrat ended his art career.
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The singer-songwriter was the first to put music on the lines of Miguel Hernández, thereby contributing to the spread of the poet’s works. In the words of the mayorCaroline Grace“This is an opportunity for Orihuela to thank and commend Joan Manuel Serrat for her will, 50 yearsTo spread the work and figure of our poet Miguel Hernández”, he added that the artist “strengthen the spread of his work that took him to all corners of the world, and with it the name Orihuela”.
So he remembered that the councilor Serrat had published it. An album in full title “Miguel Hernández” in 1972later, in 2010Another work in which the poems of the poet from Oriolan continue.
Gracia presented this initiative with the vice mayor. José Aix and Festivals Councilor Antonio Sánchez. Other councilors of the government team and many citizens supporting the proposal also joined the action.
Honour
Sánchez stated that his region will be responsible. processing the appointment file: “It’s an honor to realize this because it comes from popular initiative that is also appreciated and valued.” In this way, the file will go to the information commission next Monday, one step before the general assembly meeting on Thursday. For this reason, he asked for “the support of all political circles to honor a person who valued our poet’s personality”. Once approved, the council will begin drafting the law.
Like this, Javier Sanchez Portas one of the citizens promoting the appointment, Joan Manuel’s Serrat “will accept the appointment”. He also clarified that “there is no political color as people of any ideology participate” in the group from which the initiative originated.
Likewise, Sánchez Portas has asked other individuals and organizations to join this initiative, because “we are all lucky” because they “will have reasons to glorify the figure of Miguel Hernández through Serrat, the great spreader of Orihuela’s poems”.
Orbit
Born in Barcelona in 1943, the singer-songwriter “makes a constant and determined contribution to the knowledge of poetry, to great cultural values and to the democratic coexistence that characterizes the poet’s work and life. From Oriolan,” this work “is already in a difficult situation, registered letter to the City Council stating that it started “with an album in 1972, before the transition to our current democracy.”
That’s why the text continues: “Serrat’s special artistic capacity and extraordinary international projection have made it easy for the poet’s verses and inspiration to reach a wide readership around the world over the past fifty years.” It shows like this “The universal character of his work today would not have been the same without him. Serrat’s effort, creativity and constantly hardworking personal dedication“.