Every June 13, Writer’s Day is celebrated in Argentina in tribute to the anniversary of the birth of the Cordoban poet Leopoldo Lugones. The Córdoba Culture Agency proposes various activities to distinguish the person from him and commemorate this national day.
One of the most illustrious pens of Argentine literature was born in Villa de María, province of Córdoba. Over the years he came to direct the National Teachers’ Library and obtained the National Prize for Literature in 1926. In 1928 he founded the Argentine Society of Writers, which after his death in 1938 declared June 13 as National Day. Writer.
150 years after the birth of Leopoldo Lugones (1874-1938), the central activity will take place in the poet’s birthplace located in Villa de María de Rio Seco, the capital town of the Department of Río Seco, north of the province of Córdoba and very close to the border with Santiago del Estero. On a special day, literature lovers, academics, writers and the general public who wish to celebrate the importance of writing in society will meet.
In this way, this Thursday, June 13, different activities are scheduled around the writer:
“In dialogue with Leopoldo Lugones”: an actor impersonating Lugones will tour the museum rooms to dialogue with the public.
“Lugones al viento”: artistic intervention in the courtyard of the House Museum. Like sheets hanging in the poet’s birthplace, fragments of texts where Lugones portrayed this north of Córdoba will be exhibited.
“More about the poet”: talk and educational activity about the life and work of Leopoldo Lugones by specialist Carlos Fernández Balboa.
“The birds of Lugones”: origami workshop led by Guillermo Valarolo. Armed with different figures, recreating those birds to which Leopoldo Lugones dedicated his verses.
Musical space: with songs and stories, musicians Mariana Rochietti and Alberto Muñoz will travel those paths that were traveled by both Spanish conquerors and those who fought for the independence of the Homeland. Historical events and their protagonists, traditional stories, legends and customs that constitute the rich identity of northern Córdoba will be remembered.
Activities in the city
For their part, both the Córdoba Library and the Evita-Palacio Ferreyra Museum offer spaces to commemorate the date:
On Wednesday the 12th, from 4 to 8 p.m., the Córdoba Library (April 27, 375) proposes a bibliographic exhibition of historical editions of Lugones, a conversation with Jorge Torres Roggero together with Sabrina Rezzónico, Andrea Bocco and Gabriela Boldini, called “ Leopoldo Lugones and the popular culture of Northern Cordoba” and the table-panel Why edit Lugones? where Silvia Barei, Juan Carlos Madonado, Leandro Calle and Matías Rodeiro participate.
The activity is organized in conjunction with the Juan Filloy headquarters of the National Library, the Undersecretary of Culture of the Municipality of Córdoba and the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities-UNC with free admission.
Then, at 6:30 p.m., the proposed Literature on Stage arrives at the Evita Museum – Palacio Ferreyra (Av. Hipólito Yrigoyen 511), which interweaves works by authors from Córdoba with the interpretation of local performing arts references. The idea, created by the Babilonia Literaria group, is to circulate literature outside the book format in order to generate a sustained experience in orality and scenic interpretation.
The proposal will have actors and actresses in the room who will perform works by Cordoba writers in a narrated and staged theatrical bet where the museum is the stage, with a program that includes a scenic look at: The saga of the Osorio family by Cristina Bajo, with Alejandro Orlando and Maura Sajeva; on Mother tongue by María Teresa Andruetto, with the participation of Laura Ortiz and Diana Lerma; about Women’s Sanctuary, dramaturgy by Viviana Rivero, performance by Sonia Daniel and direction by Ana Tenaglia and about Choking Women by Marcela Alluz, with actresses Ana Castro and Carolina Bonisconti. Entrance is free and open.
Finally, on Thursday the 13th at 7 p.m., the Córdoba Library (April 27, 375) closes a series of tributes and activities around the figure of the poet Glauce Baldovin. On this occasion, the panel made up of poets Livia Hidalgo, Ernestina Elorriaga and Julio Castellanos (also editor of Glauce’s work) will be presented, who will offer a talk about the life and work of the poet.
Glauce Baldovin was born in Río Cuarto, Córdoba, in 1928. Most of her life was spent in this city where she died in 1995. She was director of the magazine Vertical and editorial secretary of Hoy en la Cultura. She participated in numerous anthologies and her published books include: Poems (1987); Book of Solitude (1989); Of the Poets (1991); Book of Love (1993); With the cats the silence (1994); Cruel Poems (1996); Book of Mary – Book of Isidro (1998); I Seclaud (1999); Promise Delayed – Guest in the Labyrinth (2009). In 2018, the Córdoba publishing house Caballo Negro collected Glauce’s complete poetry in the book My Sign is of Fire.
