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Autonomous Presidents and Mayors hearth the Nobel Prize for Literature, “an unrepeatable voice” and “defender of freedom”

The president of the neighborhood, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, have mentioned goodbye to their social networks of the Nobel Prize for Literature, “a generous and free man” with an “indelible” legacy. “Great loss for universal literature. We will miss him,” Ayuso mentioned in his X.

The president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, has additionally written a message in networks to cry the loss of life of the author, whose “long career will always be linked to Barcelona”, the capital, in his phrases, of the increase latinoamericano. “My condolences to the family and friends. A few days from Sant Jordi, one of the most universal writers leaves us and with a very wide work that includes several of the great novels of the last decades,” Ililla mentioned in his X account.

“From Castilla y León, the cradle of Spanish, we pay tribute to a giant of letters,” mentioned Castellanoleon President Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, who has confused from the author who was a “tireless defender of freedom, equality and our common language.” The president of Andalusia, Juanma Moreno, has “deeply” lamented the loss of life of Vargas Llosa, “a good friend of Andalusia and great defender of freedom.” And the president of Extremadura, María Guardiola, alternatively, wished to pay tribute to the Peruvian qualifying him as “an unrepeatable author” whose voice “will always remain alive in her novels.” “We join the pain of their family, the Peruvian people and the world of culture,” he mentioned. The president of Andalusia, Juanma Moreno, additionally celebrated the novelist for his most private aspect: “An educated and respectful man, who treasured a colossal talent, and with whom it was a pleasure to talk.”

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