Joan Manuel Serrat and Leonardo Padura will receive honorary doctorates.
Spanish singer Joan Manuel Serrat and Cuban writer Leonardo Padura will be awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Guadalajara (western Mexico) in recognition of their careers in both music and literature.
University councilors approved on Wednesday a tribute to the musical work of Serrat, who is leading the Barcelona delegation as the guest city at the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), which begins today and runs until December 7.
The doctorate will be awarded to Serrat for his "contribution to Ibero-American cultural heritage , his ability to bridge the gap between music and poetry, and for an artistic career that has promoted the values of freedom, social justice and linguistic diversity," the university explains.
Furthermore, the Guadalajara institution considered that the work of the singer, Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts in 2024, is "deeply humanist" and "reflects a firm commitment to memory, dignity and critical thinking" that at 81 years of age "has accompanied several generations."
A chat with SerratSerrat will hold an intergenerational talk at the FIL as part of the 'A Thousand Young People with...' program on December 4, in which he will talk about his career as a musician, but also about his work as an ambassador of Catalan culture.
Leonardo Padura , who will be one of the guests at the 39th edition of the FIL, will be honored for an "extraordinary contribution to the Ibero-American literary and cultural heritage," ruled the university council of the University of Guadalajara .
- To award the honorary doctorate they considered "his ability to reflect historical and social complexity through narrative," as well as his career as a writer, journalist and novelist whose work promotes "the values of freedom, social justice and humanism."
Dulce María Zúñiga , coordinator of the Julio Cortázar Chair , which Padura has attended twice, highlighted that the Cuban "has stood out in his generation" not only because he decided to stay in his native Havana, but also because he is the author of works such as ' The Man Who Loved Dogs ' in which he creates an epic of the international left.
Winner of the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature in 2015, the 70-year-old Caribbean author will present his book ' Morir en la arena ' (To Die in the Sand) at the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), in addition to participating in the tribute to Mario Vargas Llosa. He will receive an honorary doctorate on December 3.
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