• Submitted by: Luis Manuel Mazorra
• Culture and Traditions
• 04 / 17 / 2012

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For him XVII Festival of Song Author BarnaSants 2012 held in Catalonia, Spain, Victor Casaus, director del Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brauer, of Cuba fue deserving of one of them he otorga awards event.

Review the Web site that it award Casaus receive the distinction in the category of Cultural Activism, by su tireless commitment to work with the culture and author of the song on the Island, especially y for the organization of space it trova limpia the guitar.

He Also a poet, writer y filmmaker, he dedicates award to Mary Santucho, also founder of the guitar limpia, ya that "small army loco del Centro Pablo" that Heche may have muchos Cuban creators hayan found areas of dissemination, discussion reflection y sus respective works.

Were awarded, besides, songwriters Joan Americ them, of Valencia, in the category Concert Official Mejor, y Daniel Viglietti, of Uruguay, in wool Trayectoria.

Other of Cuban songwriters them Karen Garcia y Roly Berrio, if he incluyeron Also on the list of them nominated for this award. Also al ello Join singer Gerardo Alfonso, fueron them representatives of the Caribbean Isla BarnaSants in 2012, publishes Hoy Cubadebate.

He BarnaSants XVII Festival starts this year for presentation to Cuba, in Ener, of the Majorcan singer Maria del Mar Bonet-quien he reached in 2011 he Cubadisco International Award-, y is extended until May, where it will end in Montevideo with a Homenaje al Uruguayan writer Mario Benedetti y muestra one of the Catalan culture.

Victor Casaus (Havana, 1944), has published, among Others, poemarios All them days of the World (1967), Between nosotros (1978), Your Eyes on it pañuelo (Latin American Poetry Prize "Rubén Darío", 1982), From a tiempo this part (1985), wonders of the World (1989) y Amar Sin paper (1999).

Work as a filmmaker Su incluye them scripts of important Cuban films as El hombre from Maisinicú (1973) y the direction of 15 documentaries from 1975.

In 1985 he made su primer fiction film, How the life misma. In 1988 it received the Distinction for National Culture.

Currently he dirige Center Pablo de la Torriente Brauer in Havana, which has promoted cultural exchanges with fruiting institutions y artists from various countries.