Havana, Aug 5 (RHC) The Cuban Minister of Culture, Alpidio Alonso, congratulated the teacher and writer Eduardo Heras, recognized for the importance of his short story work and contributions to the training of young storytellers in Cuba.
Today is the birthday of one of our most important and beloved writers: El Chino Heras is a National Literature Prize winner and founder of the Onelio Jorge Cardoso Literary Training Center and Workshop. A big hug, brother!, claimed the headline on his Twitter account.
From that social network, the National Library of Cuba congratulated the intellectual born in Havana on August 5, 1940, whose work exhibits high artistic and aesthetic values while giving prestige to the field of letters in the Caribbean nation.
With an important vocation for literary teaching, the writer holds dissimilar awards such as the 2001 National Edition Award, the Distinction for National Culture and the Youth Teacher Award, granted by the Hermanos Saíz Association in recognition of the teacher of generations of Cuban storytellers. .
The founder of the “Onelio Jorge Cardoso” Literary Training Center, the only one of its kind in the region, has bequeathed significant notebooks, among them, The war had six names, Steel, A clean fire, Question of principle and The steps in the grass , this last mention in the Casa de las Américas contest in 1970.
In 2019, Heras received the tribute during the 28th Havana International Book Fair. (Source: Latin Press)