More than forty years after the pen, paper and the research accompanying the word of the academic and writer Manuel Gea Rovira, manager offer yesterday afternoon, the conference "My historical literature on Christ at the Column," in which he stated be the last lecture that was on this subject.
The story that accompanies one of the most beloved religious iconography jumillana images, the experiences of the Brotherhood of Christ Amarrao to Column and its history, context and background within the Easter Jumilla, were some of the issues Gea Rovira brought up during his speech.
Especially significant was the speaker documentation presented in the room, part of it unpublished copies and documents studied by very few researchers that the audience knew first hand, in the person of Manuel Gea Rovira.
The mayor of Jumilla, Enrique Jimenez, was commissioned to welcome the speaker and audience, emphasizing his long career in the world of letters, and if important contribution to jumillana culture.
Also the mayor declared a faithful follower of publications Gea, which recognized his "incredible ability to synthesize big ideas in small text with ease fascinating spaces."
The Councillor for Culture, María Dolores Fernández, it accounted submitting Manuel Gea Rovira, "as pleasant task as complex," he explained, "pleased by the admiration and respect that unites and complex because of the difficulty of synthesizing its long history in no time. "
Thus, it nuance, among some of his literary accolades, his many contributions to the poetic narrative, collaborations weekly press, radio, in local, regional and national media.
He further stressed his role as an active politician during the first democratic legislature, honors, corresponding Fellow of the Real Academia Alfonso X El Sabio de Murcia, Hypnos Award, or references Chronicler Master of the Region of Murcia, among other awards and cultural recognition.
After the conference, the Councillor for Culture said, "is always proud to have the knowledge of one of the leaders of the narrative of our town, master of words, whose literary quality and is part of the cultural history of Jumilla."
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla