| 10/01/2021 – 5:56 PM (GMT-4)
The narrator, poet, journalist, translator and literary critic Germán Piniella Sardiñas He died this Saturday in Havana, at the age of 86, for reasons not yet disclosed.
Author of at least four books, of which the novel stands out A touch of melancholy (Ediciones Unión, 2013) and the approach to the culinary tradition Eating with Doña Lita (Arte y Literatura, 2010), Piniella Sardiñas contributed to the magazines House of the Americas, La Gaceta de Cuba, Bohemia, The Bearded Cayman and The Jiribilla. He was also deputy editor of the bilingual magazine Weekly progress.
In 1970 Piniella Sardiñas wrote with the poet and dissident Raul Rivero the anthology Point, a compilation of texts by young storytellers and poets of the island published by publishers Pluma and Ristre.
Piniella Sardiñas was the eldest son of the famous Cuban radio and television host, actor and broadcaster, Germán Pinelli; brother of Miami-based composer, producer and entertainment director, Tony Pinelli and uncle of two of the musicians from The three from Havana, Germán and Ari. The difference in surname between one and the other is due to the fact that Germán Sr., Cuban but son of Asturian emigrants, changed it to Pinelli to make it more commercial for radio and television.
On the social network Facebook, Cuban writer and journalist Rafael Grillo complained about his loss and said goodbye to him with heartfelt words: “Friend, Germán Piniella Sardiñas, more than goodbye for ever. Meeting you, embracing your affection, even in a short but very heartfelt friendship, is unforgettable. Your passion, the enthusiasm to create, the way to face destiny without giving up the pleasure of living, is a lesson you leave with me ”.
And to your dear Amelia Rodríguez, lovely wife, with you and with everyone, I convey my encouragement and affection. May that novel that you were working on and from which I could read something see the light, so that your light may move on. Juliette Massip and I say goodbye to you with ‘a touch of melancholy’, ”Grillo concluded.
His death contributes to the loss list that the Caribbean nation has suffered in recent months in terms of artistic creation, journalism, film and entertainment, including: the singer Farah María, the actress Broselianda Hernández, the young and prominent filmmaker Diana Montero, including the filmmaker and film critic Enrique Colina , the visual artist Pedro de Oraá, the star Rosita Fornés, the historian Eusebio Leal, the journalist Hugo J. Byrne, the cartoon producer Paco Prats and the writer Sigfredo Ariel.