The writer José Agustín, who died on January 16, will receive a tribute on April 20 and 21 at the Los Pinos Cultural Complex. Graduated Inventing what I dream, name of a book of his short stories from 1968, will consist of a wide range of activities with the aim of showing the genres in which he ventured. There will be tables and a reading marathon, concerts, a flea market of independent publishers, film screenings, an exhibition of personal objects and the premiere of the play nail bath, written in 1988 in the heat of the presidential elections of that year.
The premiere will be given by the National Theater Company, which will be incorporated into its repertoire. The idea is to take it to other states, it was announced at a conference headed by Andrés and Agustín Ramírez Bermúdez, sons of the honoree.
The federal Ministry of Culture will also make a special, non-commercial edition of Inventing what I dream, for distribution in classrooms. It will have an introduction by Enrique Serna and a reading guide by Luis Téllez-Tejeda. It will incorporate images made specifically by Agustín, son of the author, in addition to the original cover by Augusto Ramírez, painter and brother of the writer. The book includes the story What’s the wave?
what served as a basis for Margo Glantz to create that nickname that José Agustín did not like
noted his son Agustín.
It is important to us that the work of José Agustín remains current among readers, among those who consume culture and who care about the country, its future. That was something that our father cared about a lot, and that from the trenches of letters, he always tried to carry out.
said Andrés. We come to promote the boss’s work, which is not necessary, because it sells itself. It is a product that sweeps the markets
assured Agustín.
The exhibition set up in Cabin 1 includes photographs, book covers, records, notebooks and other documents, such as an opinion prepared by the Ministry of the Interior regarding the script of the film It’s getting late, based on the novel of the same name, in which you are asked to eliminate rudeness, drug use and scenes with sex
in order to obtain permission to film, which did not happen.
Among José Agustín’s personal objects, a wooden box with 45 revolution records was found, which included one by Javier Bátiz on which he recorded the song. Invented what a dream, with the writer’s handwriting. The tribute to José Agustín will be on April 20 and 21 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Los Pinos Cultural Complex (Calzada Molino del Rey Avenue 252, Bosque de Chapultepec, first section).