The act, held in the emblematic Che Guevara room of this center, was presided over by Deputy Prime Minister Inés María Chapman, President of Casa Abel Prieto and attended by writers, artists, friends and work colleagues of the laureate
This represents the highest distinction bestowed upon Cubans and foreigners, as well as cultural groups, in recognition of exceptional contributions to the enduring values of Cuban and universal culture.
The essayist Jorge Fornet, director of the literary research center Casa de las Américas, recalled his long list of years of work in the fields of culture, research and teaching in words of praise.
For her part, the graduate in classical philology and doctorate in philology expressed the great honor it means for her to bear an award with the name of Félix Varela, one of the Cubans who, despite the distance, loved and defended the island the most. .
He assured that he feels privileged for everything he has lived and known in all these years and for the opportunity to meet great Cuban artists and intellectuals such as Roberto Fernández Retamar, Alejo Carpentier, José Lezama Lima, Cintio Vitier and Servando to have been close to Cabrera, among others.
Fornet noted the value of the teaching of Luisa Campuzano (Havana, June 1, 1943) as full professor of the Faculty of Arts and Letters and member of the Scientific Council of the University of Havana from 1977 until her retirement in 2000.
In addition, she founded and has directed the Women’s Studies Program at Casa de las Américas since 1994, where she directed the Center for Literary Research and coordinated the Casa de las Américas Literary Award between 1987 and 1994.
The outstanding Cuban intellectual has been a member of the Cuban Academy of Language since 1998 and directed the magazine Revolución y Cultura for 25 years. From 2008 she joined the board of directors of the Alejo Carpentier Foundation.
She is the author of Brief Sketch of Preplatonic Poetics (Art and Literature, 1980); Literary Ideas in the Satyricon (Letras Cubanas, 1984, Critics’ Prize); and Quirón, or the Essay and Other Events (Letras Cubanas, 1988).
Other texts by him are Carpentier then and now (Letras Cubanas, 1997); The girls of Havana have no forgiveness from God (Unión, 2004, Critics’ Prize); and Narciso and Eco: Classical Tradition and Latin American Literature (La Bohemia, 2006).
She is the author of more than a hundred prologues, articles and essays published in books and magazines. She has also been a professor and has offered postgraduate, masters and doctoral courses at universities in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Spain, Italy, Belgium and the United States.
Campuzano has lectured at more than 20 universities in Europe, Latin America, the United States and Canada, while speaking at more than a hundred national and international conferences, many as part of their organizing committees.
He received the Cuban Culture Award, the National Education Award, the José Tey Medal, the Orders of Frank País and Carlos J. Finlay, the Latinidad Prize of the Latin Union; and the Critics’ Prize in 1985 and 2004.
rgh/mml