[ESP/ENG] Deportes y Literatura. Opinión

Yipsi Moreno: La Furia de Agramonte

Dos autores jóvenes nos regalan esta joya literaria de una de las mejores deportistas cubanas de todos los tiempos. Lilian Cid Escalona y Andy Bermellón Campos nos adentran en las interioridades de quien alcanzó todos los títulos otorgados por la Federación Internacional del Atletismo.

Martín Dihígo: El Inmortal

Este forma parte de la Enciclopedia del Béisbol Cubano, en la que los tres autores abordan la biografía de alguno de los principales peloteros que han nacido en esta isla. De manera particular se aborda la del que es considerado como el mejor pelotero cubano de todos los tiempos llamado Martín Dihígo, quien se ganó el sobrenombre de El Inmortal.

Enciclopedia Biográfica del Béisbol en Cuba del siglo XIX

Debo reconocer que es el libro que más me ha gustado porque aborda muchos aspectos que este autor desconocía y gracias al texto he podido descubrir. Pero, lo que más me gusta es que aborda elementos del deporte nacional cubano del siglo XIX. Aquí se podrán conocer elementos del primer juego desarrollado en Cuba, lo relacionado con atletas que iniciaron el gran camino recorrido por nuestros peloteros, elementos de cubanos en las Grandes Ligas, Las Ligas Negras y muchas otras historias que valen la pena conocer.

Realmente, Juan Martínez de Osaba, Yasel Porto Gómez y Félix Julio Alfonso deleitan a los lectores con este texto tan completo.

Contrapunteo del béisbol y el fútbol

Santiago Felipe Prado Pérez aborda los elementos esenciales de estos deportes, en la primera mitad del siglo XX, y la lucha por ambos deportes, por establecerse en el gusto popular del aficionado cubano.

Son algunos elementos para que quienes estén interesados sepan de qué va cada libro. De cualquier manera, alguno de ellos será objeto de publicaciones en este ecosistema.

Un comentario final

Exponer los resultados deportivos mediante el arte es una de las maneras de eternizar las hazañas que realizan estos héroes nuestros.

Una de las artes que más ha reflejado estas hazañas ha sido la literatura, que tiene la particularidad de poder llevarte ese pedazo de historia para la casa y tenerlo al alcance de la mano para revivirlas cada vez que desee.

¿Qué piensa usted?

Nota. He utilizado el traductor DeepL Translate.

Las fotos son de mi propiedad tiradas con mi Samsung J2.

ENGLISH

A necessary introduction

The 33rd Havana International Book Fair has concluded and, as every year, we had an active participation, from our responsibility at the head of the National Center of Geological Information publishing house, which is located in the center where I work, belonging to the Knowledge Management Directorate headed by this servant.

But, participating in the fair is an excellent opportunity to look for titles and topics on sports published by the different publishers we have in the country and, sometimes, publishers from foreign countries that are invited to the biggest cultural festival in the country.

In this fair I found some books that I bought for my collection of texts on physical activity and sport and I put them at your disposal, so that you can look for them and enjoy reading them.

Themes of the books purchased

One of the things that were below the previous fairs was the small variety of new titles and the decrease in the number of new promotion copies. It was even frustrating for me not to be able to access the two books I was aiming for, which were dedicated to the two most successful Cuban athletes in history. Omara Durán, Paralympic athlete in track and field, and Mijaín López, the only athlete who has 5 individual crowns in Greco-Roman wrestling.

Despite the above, I was able to buy other copies of sports that are among my favorites, such as athletics, soccer, baseball, and others.

The books bought at the International Book Fair

These were the sports books I bought at the Havana International Book Fair:

• Del Béisbol casi todo.

• Yipsi Moreno: La Furia de Agramonte (The Fury of Agramonte).

• Martín Dihígo: El Inmortal (Martin Dihígo: The Immortal)

• Biographical Encyclopedia of Baseball in 19th Century Cuba.

• Baseball and soccer counterpoint.

Generalities of these books

Baseball almost everything

In this book the author, Franger Reynaldo Balbuena, explains general elements of this exciting sport in which he was director and national methodologist.

In the book, the author exposes aspects of management, tactics, types of training, technical fundamentals by positions and other elements that will be of pleasure for those who love the sport of balls and strikes.

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Yipsi Moreno: The Fury of Agramonte

Two young authors give us this literary jewel of one of the best Cuban athletes of all time. Lilian Cid Escalona and Andy Bermellón Campos take us into the inner workings of the person who won all the titles awarded by the International Athletics Federation.

Martín Dihígo: The Immortal

This is part of the Encyclopedia of Cuban Baseball, in which the three authors deal with the biography of some of the main baseball players who were born in this island. In particular, it deals with the one who is considered the best Cuban baseball player of all times, Martín Dihígo, who earned the nickname of “El Inmortal” (The Immortal).

Biographical Encyclopedia of Baseball in Cuba in the 19th Century

I must admit that this is the book that I liked the most because it deals with many aspects that I did not know about this author and thanks to the text I have been able to discover. But, what I like the most is that it deals with elements of the Cuban national sport of the 19th century. Here you can learn about elements of the first game developed in Cuba, about the athletes who started the great road traveled by our ballplayers, elements of Cubans in the Major Leagues, the Negro Leagues and many other stories that are worth knowing.

Truly, Juan Martínez de Osaba, Yasel Porto Gómez and Félix Julio Alfonso delight readers with this very complete text.

Baseball and soccer counterpoint

Santiago Felipe Prado Pérez deals with the essential elements of these sports, in the first half of the 20th century, and the struggle of both sports to establish themselves in the popular taste of Cuban fans.

These are some elements for those who are interested to know what each book is about. In any case, some of them will be the subject of publications in this ecosystem.

A final comment

Exposing sports results through art is one of the ways to eternalize the feats performed by these heroes of ours.

One of the arts that has most reflected these feats has been literature, which has the particularity of being able to take that piece of history home with you and have it at your fingertips to relive it whenever you want.

What do you think?

Note: I used the translator DeepL Translate.

The photos are my own taken with my Samsung J2.