The historian launches this educational text with the purpose of becoming an essential tool to understand our chronological past.
The closure of the first months of the pandemic motivated the historian Germán Arteta Vargas to develop a text that has been enriched with the educational contributions that he has shared with the readers of EL UNIVERSO for several years through the spaces A day like today Y Historical calendar, which he was in charge of.
“I have titled it National memorandum because it is a calendar of relevant dates in Ecuadorian history that the compatriot community must know and disseminate, taking care to have rescued many more names of characters and events of great significance for the consolidation of national identity “, explains Arteta, now retired after a long career in education and journalism. In addition, in the last ten years he served as president of the Guayas Journalists Circle (Cipeg), since he was re-elected for five consecutive terms.
The book has no prologue; the author did it his way with the title of Justification, where it says that “The book is not the product of a novel, but a serious work designed to honor the nation and its values.”
What kind of data does it contain?
There are founding dates of important institutions of service to the country; likewise, those of the birth and death of notable fellow citizens who shone in multiple professions and scientific, artistic, business and sports activities. Dozens of them have been reviewed and updated, including those that are identified with recent events that force them to be kept in the collective memory.
I must indicate that in the Ecuadorian bibliography there are pioneering books of similar orientation that have been disseminated in a timely manner, but in mine I have tried to ensure that agile and entertaining information prevails, with graphics alluding to the summit celebration and photography or painting of the character that despite so much naming his face remains unknown to many. That gives strength to what I propose.
Due to the amount of data collected over the years, the edition of a second part or volume 2 of the National memorandum.
How is this text different from your previous books?
All my previous books had the task of helping to disseminate what identifies us as a city and a nation (history, folklore, civics, etc.); The one of now comes loaded with the same purpose to serve in something to the actors of the educational process and to the family in general.
What audience is it aimed at?
Although the desire prevails that the whole community consult it, at the present time I prefer that it reach the hands of students and their teachers soon, so that they can share the reading of its pages.
Do you have a dedication?
The book National memorandum It is dedicated to the centenary of Diario EL UNIVERSO (1921-2021), where the author of the work worked for several decades and still continues to collaborate; in the same way, to the Circle of Journalists of Guayas (Cipeg) for its 85 years (1936-2021). Both institutions were founded by Mr. Ismael Pérez Pazmiño.
How many books have you written so far?
There are 15 books written: Guayaquil Nostalgic 1 and 2, Cantos a Guayaquil, What jobs those! How cool! (Traditional games of Guayaquil childhood), Popular Characters of Guayas, Ecuadorian Folklore, Thoughts and famous phrases of Ecuadorian characters, Mother Nature, among others.
Book. National memorandum has 175 pages, matte card cover, bond paper and full color printing. On sale at the Círculo de Periodistas del Guayas, at Lorenzo de Garaycoa 607 and Luis Urdaneta ($ 10). (I)
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