Castilfrio de la Sierra (Soria) (EFE).- The president of Vox, Santiago Abascal, and the economist Ramón Tamames have joined this Tuesday the family and friends who have said their last goodbyes to Fernando Sánchez Dragó, who died yesterday in the small Soria town of Castilfrío de la Sierra, which became his refuge for writing for years and where he has been buried today.
In addition to Abascal, who did not wish to make any statements, and Ramón Tamames, cultural personalities such as the Soria writers Antonio Ruiz Vega and José Ángel González Sainz, the latter the Castilla y León Literature Award Winner and who was on Saturday with the deceased writer.
Tamames, who was a personal friend of Sánchez Dragó and with whom he shared a prison during the Franco era, has told journalists that he had traveled to Castilfrío de la Sierra to say “the last goodbye” to the writer, whom he met in 1956, he recalled. .
They saw each other frequently to “talk about everything and write about everything, and he had the madness to propose me for the motion of censure”, as he has said. And she added: “it has been a unique experience thanks to him.”
In addition, he has highlighted that Sánchez Dragó “lived as he wanted, led the life he wanted, did not hurt anyone, and entertained, interested and amused many people with his writings.”
Tamamés has acknowledged that he received the news of his friend’s death as “a blow to the head” that made him “stunned.”
Different personalities fire Sánchez Dragó
The funeral was also attended by the actress Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, doctor José Miguel Gaona, a collaborator in the Cuarto Milenio program and who has highlighted the “independent thought and freedom” of Dragó, and the writer Javier Sierra.
Sierra has described Dragó as having been “a generous writer, who always talked about his projects” and who wrote many prologues, “which means that he was always aware of others and not only of his work,” he stated.
Sierra has assured that Sánchez Dragó leaves the charge to the writers to “go against the current” and defend their own ideas, even if they are sometimes “controversial”.
Among the wreaths received was one from the president of the Junta de Castilla y León, from the Soria City Council -which named him an adoptive son in 1993-, from the Disenso Foundation, from the Soria journalists’ association and from Grupo Planeta, among others.
The burial was also attended by the Junta’s Deputy Minister for Cultural Action, Mar Sancho, as well as those responsible for culture from the Soria Provincial Council, Enrique Rubio, and from the Soria City Council, Jesús Bárez.
For his part, the musician Enrique Bunbury also wanted to say goodbye to Sánchez Dragó and on his twitter account he described him as a “writer, dissident of one group and another, traveler and orientalist” and added that he will remember him “always generous and smiling”. .
In addition, he explained that he shared “courses, meals, wine and television programs” with him and always welcomed him with “so much affection” at his home in Castilfrío. “What a fortune to have coincided in space-time with you,” ends his publication.
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