Zaldívar explained that the titles ¨El ultimo verso¨ by Guillermo Morales, ¨Los tres lobos¨ by Jonathan Rivero and ¨El memorial vivo¨ by José Lázaro Dean, deserved mentions for the high value of their words.

During the awards ceremony, the figure of the poet whose name the contest bears was remembered, author of such emblematic works as the poem ¨A mi bandera¨, and a transcendental figure in Cuban literature. The curator of the City of Matanzas, Leonel Pérez, highlighted the great literary and journalistic work begun by Byrne in his youth and continued in the struggles for independence and maintained until his death in this, his native city, in 1935.

Born on March 3, 1861 in the Pueblo Nuevo neighborhood, in this western city, Byrne became an author of required reading for those who profess the art of poetry in Cuba.

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