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The collection includes manuscripts and letters by authors such as Delibes, Buero Vallejo, Cela, Torrente Ballester, or Hemingway, and also has 7,648 monographs, 818 periodicals and publications

The President of the Autonomous Community, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, accompanied by the mayor of Yecla, Juan Miguel Benedito, Yecla chaired the launch of the bibliographic and documentary Fundación José Luis Castillo-Puche, allowing public access and researchers to yeclano writer's legacy, consisting of more than 8,000 journals and hundreds of important manuscripts of authors.

The ceremony was also attended by members of the Governing Board of the Foundation consists of members of the family of the writer, specializing in the work of Castillo-Puche and representatives of the Autonomous Community, the City of Yecla and Cajamurcia.

After visiting the new premises will house the bibliographic and historical institution, whose headquarters are located in the Municipal House of Culture, Valcárcel was pleased that this huge legacy will "better and more complete study of the life and work of such illustrious and admired writer, his thoughts and relevant contribution to the literature both in Spanish and the culture at large. "

"This fulfills the fullest," said the head of the regional, "the targets with the launch of the Foundation, since the conservation and dissemination of literary production Castillo-Puche, now adds the possibility to the general public and experts on his work and his figure, access to thousands of publications, letters and manuscripts which show little-known aspects of the writer yeclano far. "

The documentary is now available to the public and researchers is composed of 287 folders with manuscripts and correspondence with writers and intellectuals from the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Damaso Alonso, Ramon J.

Sender, Miguel Delibes, Camilo José Cela, Antonio Buero Vallejo, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Manuel Alvar, Andrés Concha Alborg Sobejano or, among others.

For its part, the writer's library has 7,648 monographs and 818 copies of magazines or serials, as well as various personal items Castillo-Puche from his office, as his pens, his old typewriter and his decorations.

The Fundación José Luis Castillo-Puche was established in the Municipal House of Culture of Yecla in October 2006, at a ceremony attended by President of the regional government and the yeclano author's widow, Julia Figueira's also a writer, was born in order to collect, manage, publish and distribute the production of the writer, both published and unpublished, catalog and archive the original texts of all his writings and his lectures, speeches and any other provision of oral nature.

This cultural institution financing the development of their activities with resources coming from the performance of its heritage and, where appropriate, with those from other aid, grants or donations received from individuals or public or private entities.

Source: CARM