The literary heritage of the hermandad of Valme is enriched with a new work: the third Corona Poética dedicated to the Virgin, a book presented in the Seville headquarters of Caja Rural del Sur Foundation.
The work was coordinated by Professor Enrique Barrera, who demonstrated his victory in his speech Dos Hermanas and the Virgin, before starting the work, limited herself and little by little, with illusion and devotion, deepened it and sought it. The work, she specified, is not an “anthology”, but rather a “recompilation of lyrical works by great authors who, with their generosity, wanted to summarize this initiative”.
Furthermore, I added that «all defenses are precious: Esperanza, Gracia, Rocio, Hiniesta,… but this Fernandina is particularly beautiful because it is pure poetry: Valeme, un grito de socorro ante adversidad y que todo un Rey suplicó con humildad». In this feeling, I remembered that anyone who begs for his value is disabled and that the world would be better if we helped him before falling on deaf ears.
The authors of the work were: Ignacio Arrabal Monge, Enrique Barrero Rodríguez, José Manuel Benot Ortiz, Daniel Cotta Lobato, Jesús Cotta Lobato, Miguel Cruz Giráldez, Álvaro Cueli Caro, Jorge de Arco, Rosa Díaz, Lutgardo García Díaz, Gonzalo Gragera , Enrique Jerez, Víctor Jiménez, Rafael M. López Márquez, Francisco Mena Cantero, María del Carmen Mestre, José Daniel M. Serrallé, Carlos Murciano, Sandra Palacios , Daniel Pineda Novo, Manuel Rámila de Alarcón, José Luis Rodríguez Ojeda, Santiago Romero de Ávila, Jesús Tortajada, Antonio Varo Baena and Juan José Vélez Otero. Special mention and appreciation was given Alberto Garcia Reyes, Director of the ABC of Seville, because with his prayer for the 50th anniversary of the canonical Coronation of the Virgin he demonstrated a «profound lyricism and an encyclopedic knowledge of the Virgin, which transformed his prayer into a success».
Two acronyms
Who was the mayor Hugo Santos Gilmomentum of the work, stated that since the Middle Ages it had been written by the Virgen de Valme, Arcipreste de Hita, Gonzalo de Berceo,… and already in the 19th century, Cecilia Böhl de Faber (Fernán Caballero), dedicated the first Poetica Corona to remember the reconstruction of the Ermita de Cuarto in 1859 and a second, by José Lamarque de Novoa, and now, in 2024, this third is “a reason for satisfaction because it continues the trend that merges high culture and popular culture”.
On the other hand, the mayor of Valme, Isabel María Caballero Holgado, he expressed his appreciation to the authors and defined «poetry as a precious form of coronation of the Virgin». I realized that the girl is open to this type of activity and she expressed the desire not to wait twice as long to edit a similar work.
The secretary of the hermandad, Rafael López Márquezand member of La Plazoleta de Valme, publisher of the book, defined the book as a new “literary treasure”, which is the “crown of the Coronation”, in the welcoming words of Álvaro Viguera, director of the Fundación Caja Rural del Sur.