Martirio, Miguel Poveda, and Laura García Lorca will participate in Poetry Day in Estepona.

The mayor of Estepona, José María García Urbano, and the person in charge of Poetry Day in the city, Alejandro Simón Partal, presented the planned events for this day, which will be celebrated next Thursday, May 8. On this day, the V International Poetry Award 'City of Estepona' will also be decided.

García Urbano stated that poetry "has become one of the artistic disciplines that receives the most attention from this City Council, to the point that for five years we have organized the International Poetry Award City of Estepona, a literary competition that has become one of the most important in the Spanish language dedicated to lyric poetry and thus ranks among the top five with the highest participation in Spain."

In this regard, he recalled that this year a new record was set with more than 2,300 manuscripts submitted, many of them from countries such as Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, England, Germany, Jordan, or China. The winning work will receive a prize of 7,000 euros and will be published by the Pre-Textos publishing house.

Cultural Events

To celebrate the jury's decision on May 8, the City Council has scheduled a series of free activities featuring names from literature, music, and artistic creation.

The events will begin at 1:00 PM with a poetic reading at the Cultural Center Mirador del Carmen, featuring the singer and songwriter 'La Bien Querida' and authors Ana Merino, Carlos Marzal, and Sofía Castañón. Students from various educational centers in the city will be present at this activity, aiming to bring lyric poetry closer to the younger generation.

Later, at 8:00 PM, the reading of the jury's decision of the V International Poetry Award 'City of Estepona' will take place at the Felipe VI Auditorium. In the same event, a dialogue will occur between the flamenco singer Miguel Poveda and Laura García Lorca, niece of the most universal poet of Spanish letters. This meeting will be moderated by writer Carlos Pardo and journalist and writer Marta Fernández.

Miguel Poveda, one of the most important voices in Spanish song and current flamenco, has just released the album 'Enlorquecido', in which he pays tribute to the poet Federico García Lorca. Poveda was recognized in 2007 with the National Music Award, in 2012 with the Medal of Andalusia, and in 2022 as an Adoptive Son of Estepona.

Laura García Lorca, president of the García Lorca Foundation and a reference cultural manager, is recognized for her intense activity in deeply making known the work of her uncle. Preserving the poet's artistic legacy from Fuente Vaqueros, as well as contributing to the dissemination of the most interesting aspects of his work, have been her two main objectives for decades.

The closing of the event will be led by the artist Martirio, who will present her show 'Travesía' along with musician and composer Raúl Rodríguez. The singer from Huelva will review the songs that have been part of her artistic life, from flamenco to blues, from bolero to tango, from copla to jazz, with special attention to the repertoire of Chavela Vargas.

Martirio was awarded in 2004 with the Medal of Andalusia, in 2016 with the National Award for Current Music, and in 2019 with the Medal of Merit in Fine Arts by the Ministry of Culture.