Dominican writer and literary scholar Manuel Mora SerranoThe 2021 National Literature Award winner died in Santo Domingo due to health problems at the age of 90, according to his family.
Mora Serrano, who died the other day, attracted attention poet, narrator, essayist, literature teacher and literary researcher.
The lawyer also wrote, among other headlines: “The Game of Dominoes”, “Goeíza”, “The Day God Heard the Poor”, “The Price of Enthusiasm” and “The Poetic Anthology of Domingo Moreno Jimenes”.
The Minister of Culture, who received the news of his death, Milagros German, He expressed his “deep sadness”, highlighting Mora Serrano’s “invaluable contribution to Dominican literature”.
“I am saddened to hear the news of the death of writer Manuel Mora, who brought honor to his life by making valuable contributions to the cultural development of our country. Dominican RepublicIt is his contributions that make him worthy of recognition and eternal memory,” Germán said in a statement.
“He was a giant of Dominican letters, and his departure left a mark,” the author said. the void that cannot be filled in our literary culture,” the minister emphasized.
In 2021, the Ministry of Culture and the Corripio Foundation gave him the following award: National Literature Award for his work in favor of national literature.
In a statement from the Dominican Academy of Arts and Entertainment Journalists (adopa) was saddened by the death of Mora Serrano, whose “valuable contributions to the development of culture in the Dominican Republic” he underlined and deserved “glory and recognition.”
“Thanks to his extraordinary contributions to the world, his memory will live on for more than one generation.” literature“, noted the Academy.