The Martiricos Institute rescues the high school transcripts of the writer Rafael Pérez Estrada

From his high school records to the application for the revalidation exam, including a passport photo from when he was 19 years old. Among the tributes for the 25th anniversary of the death of the writer, artist, and lawyer Rafael Pérez Estrada, the unexpected appearance of the school and high school documents of the poet and cartoonist has emerged. These will be displayed for the first time next Saturday at the IES Nuestra Señora de la Victoria (Martiricos), coinciding with the celebration of La Noche en Blanco, which this year is dedicated to the author of 'La sombra del obelisco' and 'Paloma quiromántica'.

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These previously unseen academic records have been located in the institute's archive by the historian and professor from UMA, Víctor Heredia, and among them, the "supplication" for the entrance exam of 1944 stands out, when the then student was only ten years old. This is probably the oldest handwritten document by Pérez Estrada that is preserved.

Although Rafael Pérez Estrada attended classes at the San Agustín school, students of the time had to take exams at the official accredited center to certify their high school courses. In the case of the boys, it was the Instituto Nuestra Señora de la Victoria, which at that time was located in the old Philippine convent on Gaona street. Among the funds found in the historical archive of the current Instituto de Martiricos, other documents of interest have been discovered, such as vaccination and residency certifications of the future writer and lawyer, the application for the sixth revalidation exam, and the personal file with the grades of the different subjects of each of the high school courses, as well as stamped paper signed by Rafael himself.

Next Saturday, the IES will remain open during La Noche en Blanco and will display these documents to all visitors, between 8 PM and 11 PM.