Viana (EFE).- The writer Dolores Redondo, who this Saturday received the Prince of Viana Award for Culture from the President of the Government of Navarra, María Chivite, has warned of the threat that artificial intelligence can pose to creative work.
“Bad times for lyric”
Redondo, the first woman writer to receive the Prince of Viana Award, has shown in this act her “deep gratitude” for the award “that you give to my work, to the irrepressible drive that led an adolescent to put on paper a thought about another, the dark narrative of a real life and another imaginary one”.
In his speech, he stressed that these are “bad times for poetry” due to the “threats to creativity” existing throughout the world and in this sense he indicated that “artificial intelligence and its much-vaunted arrival once again call into question the creative work, originality and drive”.
Faced with this situation, Redondo has addressed young writers and writers, whom he has encouraged to listen to “the force of creativity that springs from your spirit and reveal yourself, creating, writing, inventing, designing, painting, dancing, singing… Create, because artistic creation is the most authentic cry of rebellion of the human being who does not submit to that fear disguised as discouragement”.
“Human beings are called to prevail and, if one day an artificial intelligence decimates humanity, I hope that the last breath of the last human being is spent imagining a better world, and that, if possible, they leave it in writing”, he concluded. .
Chivite highlights the power of Redondo to create readers
After presenting the award, President María Chivite stressed “the inestimable power” of the writer to “create readers and be the gateway for many people to the world of literature.”
Chivite has stressed that Dolores Redondo “has created a recognizable fictional universe, where she spices up her imaginative bet with a Navarra identifiable in its customs, landscapes and people.”
“Their stories have been a letter of introduction for Navarra”, a path that, “entering through Baztan, has allowed thousands of visitors from all over the world to reach the Foral Community”, he asserted.
Lastly, the President highlighted the leading role of women in the writer’s works: “Polyhedral, empowered women, who make up complex and complete characters and who, far from paternalism, are inspiring for readers of all ages.”
600th anniversary of the creation of the Principality of Viana
The act was held in the ruins of the old church of San Pedro de Viana coinciding with the 600th anniversary of the creation of the institution of the Principality of Viana by King Carlos III the Noble for his grandson, who would end up being king under the name of Charles IV.
The ceremony was attended by the acting president of the Parliament of Navarra, Unai Hualde; the Government delegate in Navarra, José Luis Arasti; the Minister of Culture and Sports, Rebeca Esnaola; heads of the departments of the Government of Navarra; and the mayoress of Viana, Yolanda García, along with local councilors; in addition to the members of the Navarro Council of Culture, awarded in previous editions with the Prince of Viana Award and other authorities.
The award ceremony, presided over by the banner of the Principality of Viana, was enlivened by the Voces Forales-Foru Ahotsak choir of the Foral Police and the Viana Music Band – Vianako Band, who performed the Navarre anthem, March for the entrance of the Kingdom; the Ezpata dance from the opera Amaia by the composer Jesús Guridi; and the songs ‘Lau Teilatu’ by the group Itoiz and the ‘Cançó de matinada’ by Juan Manuel Serrat.
An award created in 1990
The Prince of Viana Award for Culture has celebrated its thirty-fourth edition this year, after its creation in 1990 by the Government of Navarra in order to recognize the careers of relevant people or entities in any of the fields of culture, either through through the exercise of creation, study or research, or through its promotion and encouragement.
This award, which is given at the proposal of the Navarro Council for Culture and the Arts, has gone to creators such as the painter Pedro Salaberri, the composer Teresa Catalán, the photographer Carlos Cánovas or the writer and professor Tomás Yerro in recent years.