All you will read next is a opinion piece. I will give little or no more literary information than you already know, I suppose. But as a writer, as Huelva, as Andalusian I feel almost compelled to write this article for today.
But first of all, I would like to congratulate the more than 10 million Andalusians that like me today we celebrate the day of our autonomous community, the most populated in Spain.
Why am I writing this article? Simply because I am tired of hear and read "stupid" comments of some people in which they put Andalusians at the height of bitumen. Where have I read and heard these comments? On the Twitter social network, on certain YouTube channels, on certain television programs, etc. Some of those comments say that Andalusians do not know how to speak, that Andalusians are lazy, illiterate, that we only like revelry, party, party, revelry, spree, fun, joke, ... Oops! But if I am Andalusian and I have been able to say 7 synonyms of the same word! Is it because of my Extremaduran half blood that I am a little more cultured and have been able to expand my vocabulary so much? Out with sarcasm and ironies! Let's be clear, or rather, take a good look at the next picture what I leave you:
Do you know all those names? Do all those faces sound familiar to you? Not? Well. To me, yes. Are all Andalusian writers, literature 'made in Andalusia', and of all I have read something. But not all of them are there, I leave you more names (don't get tired):
- Jose Luis Acquaroni
- Juan Carlos April
- Peter of Abreu
- Manuel del Aguila
- John Aguilar Catena
- Antonio Alcala Galiano
- Bernard of Alderete
- Manuel Altolaguirre
- Jose Amador de los Ríos
- Manuel Andujar
- Juan Carlos Aragon Becerra
- Servando Arbolí Faraudo
- Juan José Arbolí and Acaso
- Arcadio Ortega Munoz
- Francis Ayala
- Peter Badanelli
- Gaspar de Baeza
- Vicente Ballester Tinoco
- Manuel Barrios Gutierrez
- Bartolomé Vera and Married
- Felix bayon
- Luis Belmonte Bermudez
- Diego IV de Benavides and de la Cueva
- Eduardo Benot
- Salvador Bermudez de Castro
- Sponsorship of Biedma and La Moneda
- Francisco Javier de Burgos and Sarragoiti
- Emilio Calderon
- Antonio Campos Munoz
- Jose Manuel Cano Pavón
- Eliacer cansino
- Manuel Canete
- Gabriel Cara Gonzalez
- Jose Carlos Carmona
- Bartholomew of the Houses
- Carlos Castilla del Pino
- Adolf de Castro
- Rosario Cepeda
- John Cobos Wilkins
- Lawrence Collado
- louis coloma
- Salvador Compan
- Augustus Conte Lacave
- Miguel Angel Contreras
- Balbino Cortes Morales
- Angel Cruz Rueda
- Álvaro Cubillo of Aragon
- John of the Cave
- José de Navarrete and Vela-Hidalgo
- Cristobal Delgado Gomez
- Francis Delicate
- Enrique Dominguez Rodino
- Elena Jiménez (writer)
- José María Lacort and Lozano
- Juan Eslava Galan
- Anthony Estrada
- Jose Manuel Fajardo
- Rodrigo Fernandez de Ribera
- Carlos Fernandez Shaw
- Fernando de la Milla Alonso from Florida
- Francisco Rubiales-Moreno
- Hipolito G. Navarro
- Dorian of Gadex
- Anthony Gala
- Juan Garcia Damas
- Andres Garcia de Cespedes
- Jose Garcia de Villalta
- Alfonso Garcia Matamoros
- Jose Garcia Ladron de Guevara
- Baltasar Garzón
- Gaspar Sanchez Salas
- Francisco Gil Craviotto
- Ruben Gil Pendon
- Rodolfo Gil and Fernández
- Francisco Giner de los Rios
- Santiago Giron
- Jose Maria Gonzalez de Mendoza
- Enrique Gonzalez Duro
- Lalo Grosso Burnham
- Rafael Guillen
- Gustavo Adolfo Becquer
- Luis Gutiérrez
- Augustus Haupold Gay
- Diego Hojeda
- Cayetano Maria Huarte Ruiz de Briviesca
- Miguel Hue and Camacho
- Imperial Francis
- Henry of Isasi
- Julio Left Labrado
- Luis Jimenez Martos
- Jose Antonio Moreno Jurado
- José Antonio Santano (poet)
- Jose Cenizo Jimenez
- Jose More
- Juan Gonzalez Mesa
- Jose Jurado de la Parra
- Antonio Lara Ramos
- Frasquita Larrea
- Ginés Liebana
- Emilio Lledo
- Gonzalo Lloret Marin
- Francisco Lopez Perez
- Jose Lopez Pinillos
- Epiphanius Lupion
- Federico Madariaga
- Jesus Maeso de la Torre
- Juan Maria Mansera Conde
- Manuel Luis Ortega Pichardo
- Manuel Manzano-Monis
- Salvador Jose Mañer
- Margarita Lopez de Morla y Virues
- Antonio Marin Muñoz
- Rafael Marin Trechera
- Antonio Marshal Trujillo
- Juan Carlos Martin Ramos
- José Martín Remembers
- Manuel Martinez Barrionuevo
- Francisco Martinez de la Rosa
- Martin de Roa
- Antonio Martinez Menchen
- Ildefonso March
- Maria Lorenza de los Ríos
- Vincent Maturana
- Philip Twin
- Alfonso Merelo
- Ricardo Molina
- Ferdinand de Montesinos
- Santiago Montoto of Silks
- Jose Joaquin de Mora
- Gregory Morales Villena
- Isidore Moreno
- Arturo Morgado Garcia
- Juan Francisco Muñoz and Pabón
- Raphael Navas Renedo
- Pedro de Novo and Colson
- Antonio Orihuela
- Ramon Ortega y Frias
- Rafael Ortega and Sagrista
- Manuel Ortiz de Pinedo
- Francis of Osuna
- John of Ovando
- Felix J. Palma
- José Parada and Barreto
- Manuel Step
- Juan Pascuau
- Pedro Payan Sotomayor
- Pilar Paz Pasamar
- José Paúl and Angulo
- Jose Maria Peman
- Juan Perez de Moya
- Isabel Pérez Montalban
- Manuel Urbano Perez Ortega
- Vicente Poleró and Toledo
- Jose Antonio Porcel
- Felix Jose Reinoso
- Mariano de Retegui Bensusán
- Francisco Robles Rodriguez
- Antonio Rodriguez Lorca
- Francisco Rodriguez Marin
- Jose Roman Corzanego
- Joaquin Romero Murube
- Elena Roman Torres
- Juan Carlos Rubio
- Rufous Canius
- Luis Manuel Ruiz placeholder image
- Benito Rus Morales
- Christopher Salazar Mardones
- Daniel Salguero Diaz
- Alonzo de Santa Cruz
- Emilio Santacana and Mensayas
- Juan de Segura
- Jose Manuel Serrano Cueto
- Jesus Maria Serrano Romero
- Jose Siles Artés
- Manuel Siles Artes
- Ramon Solis Llorente
- William Soria
- William Summers
- Seneca
- Peter Tafur
- Jenaro Talens
- Jose Angel Tapia Garrido
- Nicolas Tenorio Cerero
- Esteban Terralla and Landa
- José del Toro and Quartiellers
- Stephen Torre Serrano
- Ayes Tortosa
- Diego Perez de Valdivia
- Esteban Jose Valdivia Cabrera
- John Valera
- Javier Vela
- Jose Velarde
- Julio Velez
- Jose Luis Villacañas
Little or nothing else remains for me to say, to name and to explain. A good listener, few words are enough. Better to eliminate absurd stereotypes, than of those, we have all ...
Happy Andalusia day!