{"id":168972,"date":"2026-10-09T20:37:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T00:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/dominican-writers-stand-out-in-the-vi-ruben-dario-literary-contest\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T20:37:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T00:37:29","slug":"dominican-writers-stand-out-in-the-vi-ruben-dario-literary-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/dominican-writers-stand-out-in-the-vi-ruben-dario-literary-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican writers stand out in the VI Rub\u00e9n Dar\u00edo Literary Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dominican talent shines in the VI Rub\u00e9n Dar\u00edo Literary Contest<\/h2>\n\n<p>The Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) recently celebrated the literary talent of the Dominican Republic by awarding two national writers in the sixth edition of the Rub\u00e9n Dar\u00edo Poetry and Prose Contest. This prestigious international competition has the primary objective of fostering literary creation and strengthening the bonds of cultural integration between the countries of Central America and the Dominican nation.<\/p>\n\n<p>During the ceremony, organized by the regional body&#8217;s Commission on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, writers Sandra Irola Berroa Santana and Juan Pablo Fern\u00e1ndez Beltr\u00e9 were distinguished with second and third place, respectively. Both authors received official certificates and cash prizes in recognition of their outstanding participation.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A meeting of regional letters<\/h3>\n\n<p>The competition, which this year awarded Guatemalan C\u00e9sar Manrique De Le\u00f3n Galindo with first place, evaluated various unpublished poetic compositions and video declamation works. The event stood out for the high quality of the works presented, reaffirming the role of literature as an essential vehicle for the cultural identity of peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">Literature is the living expression of our identity and a fundamental bridge that unites us as a region, allowing the voices of our writers to transcend borders.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Representatives of PARLACEN during the awards ceremony.<\/cite>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Authorities present at the recognition<\/h3>\n\n<p>The event was attended by prominent political and cultural figures. Among them, the Vice President of the PARLACEN Board of Directors for the Dominican Republic, Deputy Jes\u00fas Alberto Batista Suriel, and the Secretary of the Board of Directors, Deputy Socorro Monegro. The day also included the participation of:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Deputy Jos\u00e9 Salom\u00f3n Herrera Funes, President of the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Commission.<\/li><li>Deputy Erges Rub\u00e9n Jim\u00e9nez Bichara, Secretary of said commission.<\/li><li>Deputy Lourdes de Jes\u00fas, liaison with the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic.<\/li><li>Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguez, former Minister of Culture.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>The outstanding participation of Berroa Santana and Fern\u00e1ndez Beltr\u00e9 once again positions the Dominican Republic in a privileged place within the regional literary sphere, demonstrating the growing level of local literature in international arenas.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominican talent shines in the VI Rub\u00e9n Dar\u00edo Literary Contest The Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) recently celebrated the literary talent of the Dominican Republic by awarding two national writers in the sixth edition of the Rub\u00e9n Dar\u00edo Poetry and Prose Contest. This prestigious international competition has the primary objective of fostering literary creation and strengthening [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":168973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[3999,13083,12858,16411],"class_list":{"0":"post-168972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-awards","9":"tag-integration","10":"tag-literature","11":"tag-parlacen"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}