The Cuban writer Wendy Guerra, 50, comes from more upbeat rhythms. And I was steeped in the music of my uncles and aunts, performed by them in the Ramírez orchestra, whose members used to rehearse in my grandfather Lisandro’s house, from foxtrots to waltzes and back to boleros.” “I come from the time of the romantic boleros, the first of which I remember was Dos gardenias, sung by Daniel Santos on an old gramophone, and from the cumbanchera music that was danced to in the old Mexican movies with the tropical sets, the palm trees and timbales drums, sung by María Antonieta Pons, Tongolele, Ninón Sevilla and Rosa Carmina. The first breath of inspiration for the Nicaraguan writer Ramírez, winner of the Cervantes Prize in 2018, came from pure sentiment. ![]() ![]() British magazine ‘Granta’ celebrates the diversity of Spanish-language literature
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