Cubans Admitted into
Dominican Academy
SANTO DOMINGO - The
Dominican Language
Academy (ADL) admitted
Havana City Historian
Eusebio Leal and Casa de
Las Americas chairman
Roberto Fernandez
Retamar as new members.
Leal insisted in
rescuing the historical
truth of Cuban heroes
and his beloved Havana.
He has been awarded
several international
prizes and academic
degrees, the Dominican
Academy recalled.
As for poet Fernandez
Retamar, the statement
recalls that the winner
of the 1951 Cuban Poetry
Award has been decorated
in his country, Latin
America and Europe.
The President of the
Panamanian Language
Academy Jose Guillermo
Ros-Zanet was also
admitted into the
Dominican Language
Academy.
The new members should
give a master lecture on
Spanish language in the
coming months. |