The ceremony took place in the provincial headquarters of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), where the participants talked about Chavarria’s long history as a fighter for equality among men, his wok as professor, and its outstanding skills as narrator.

Chavarria exchanged with youths participating in the 18th Romerias de Mayo Festival, and read short stories included in the book “El aguacate y la virtud”, published by the Matanzas publishing house.

He explained that as novelist he has always focused on entertaining and motivating the readers by mixing historic drama, detective stories and eroticism.

A writer from Holguin, Rafael Vilches, affirmed that Chavarria knows how to manage the codes of literature and has been very well received by the public and critics.

Romerias de Mayo, the main event sponsored by the AHS every year in Cuba, has brought together more that 200 artists from 18 countries.