{"id":16580,"date":"2026-06-20T20:43:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T00:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/?p=16580"},"modified":"2026-06-20T20:43:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T00:43:51","slug":"the-48th-regino-eladio-boti-literature-and-visual-arts-contest-concluded-in-guantanamo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/the-48th-regino-eladio-boti-literature-and-visual-arts-contest-concluded-in-guantanamo\/","title":{"rendered":"The 48th Regino Eladio Boti Literature and Visual Arts Contest Concluded in Guant\u00e1namo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\" Guantanamo.- The presentation of the book “The Two Reginos,” by Guant\u00e1namo author Marino Wilson Jay, published in 2023 by Ediciones Santiago, was the highlight of the “S\u00e1bado del Libro gathering, the closing ceremony of the 48th Regino Eladio Boti Literature and Visual Arts Contest.<\/p>\n

The event was held at its usual location in the central Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed Park of this eastern city.<\/p>\n

Writer and guest of the Boti Festival, Roberto Carlos Fournier, deputy director of Editorial Oriente, presented this book by the late writer and intellectual Marino Wilson Jay during the event, which was hosted by author Yess Ram\u00edrez.<\/p>\n

The book is an essay that celebrates the legacy of two leading figures in Cuban poetry: the Guant\u00e1namo poet Regino Eladio Boti and the Matanzas poet Regino Pedroso.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Karla Gil, head of the Literature section of the Hermanos Sa\u00edz Association (AHS) in Guant\u00e1namo, presented the chapbook “Huellas” (Footprints), a random selection of works by authors who, over the four decades of this cultural organization’s existence, have witnessed its growth and are remembered by members who are now over 35 years old.<\/p>\n

The event, enlivened by choreographic performances from the Danza Fragmentada Company and musical interpretations by the Provincial Concert Band, was attended by authors, editors, booksellers, and literary promoters from the region, members of the Hermanos Sa\u00edz Association (AHS), and Yuliet Heredia Su\u00e1rez, director of the Provincial Book Center, in Guant\u00e1namo Province.<\/p>\n

\"\"Another significant moment during the 48th Regino E. Boti Literature and Visual Arts Festival was the opening of the exhibition “A Rebel Man” at the Anto Morales Gallery. The exhibition, by Nelson Dom\u00ednguez, winner of the 2009 National Visual Arts Prize, was a tribute to Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz.<\/p>\n

The 48th edition of the Literature and Visual Arts Contest took place in Guant\u00e1namo from June 17 to 20.<\/p>\n

The cultural program included discussions, lectures, outreach to educational institutions and workplaces, and tributes to local artists, such as Mayel\u00edn Mansfarrol, to whom the event was dedicated in honor of her 25 years outstanding career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Guantanamo.- The presentation of the book “The Two Reginos,” by Guant\u00e1namo author Marino Wilson Jay, published in 2023 by Ediciones Santiago, was the highlight of the “S\u00e1bado del Libro gathering, the closing ceremony of the 48th Regino Eladio Boti Literature and Visual Arts Contest. The event was held at its usual location in the central […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-guantanamo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16584,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16580\/revisions\/16584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}