Javier Cercas en el Hay Festival de Segovia: “Nadie dijo ni pío el 23-F porque había miedo. Por eso EL PAÍS tiene un mérito incontestable”
El novelista y académico de la lengua ha dialogado con la también novelista y periodista del diario, Margaryta Yakovenko, sobre el 50º aniversario de EL PAÍS y sobre su libro ‘El periódico de la democracia’
Javier Cercas, the acclaimed novelist and language scholar, has described a "peculiarity almost unique to our journalistic ecosystem" in the El País wire material. He noted that "few writers of notable stature write for the press". On Friday, Cercas joined fellow EL PAÍS novelist and journalist Margaryta Yakovenko on the stage of the Teatro Juan Bravo in Segovia to discuss his book "The Newspaper of Democracy", written for the 50th anniversary of the newspaper.
When approached with the opportunity, Cercas recalled that the book had already been "in his head" and that it aimed to "depict the story of a singular reader's relationship with the newspaper". As both a reader and an agent, the columnist's dual role provided the framework for the author of "Santiago Soldiers", who argued that "the greatest virtue of a writer is humility".
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