Juan Gelman is Argentina’s leading poet, but his work has been almost unknown in the United States until now. In 2000, he received the Juan Rulfo Award, one most important literary awards in the Spanish-speaking world, and in 2007, he received the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world’s top literary prize. With this selection, chosen and superbly translated by Joan Lindgren, Gelman’s lush and visceral poetry comes alive for an English-speaking readership.
Gelman is a stark witness to the brutality of power, and his poems reflect his suffering at the hands of the Argentine military government (his son, daughter-in-law, and grandchild were ‘disappeared’). While political idealism infuses his writing, he is not a servant of ideology. Themes of family, exile, the tango, Argentina, and Gelman’s Jewish heritage resonate throughout his poems, works that celebrate life while confronting heartache and loss.
‘remembering their little bones when it rains/ the compañerosstomp on darkness/set forth from death/wander the tender night/I hear their voices like living faces’—from
Remembering Their Little Bones
Juan Gelman is Argentina’s leading poet, but his work has been almost unknown in the United States until now. In 2000, he received the Juan Rulfo Award, one most important literary awards in the Spanish-speaking world, and in 2007, he received the Cervant
Gelman is a stark witness to the brutality of power, and his poems reflect his suffering at the hands of the Argentine military government (his son, daughter-in-law, and grandchild were ‘disappeared’). While political idealism infuses his writing, he is not a servant of ideology. Themes of family, exile, the tango, Argentina, and Gelman’s Jewish heritage resonate throughout his poems, works that celebrate life while confronting heartache and loss.
‘remembering their little bones when it rains/ the compañerosstomp on darkness/set forth from death/wander the tender night/I hear their voices like living faces’—from
Remembering Their Little Bones
Juan Gelman is Argentina’s leading poet, but his work has been almost unknown in the United States until now. In 2000, he received the Juan Rulfo Award, one most important literary awards in the Spanish-speaking world, and in 2007, he received the Cervant
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Born in Buenos Aires in 1930, Juan Gelman went into political exile in Europe in 1976, where he remained until 1989. Today he lives in Mexico City. Joan Lindgren spent seven years studying Gelman’s work and made six visits to Argentina while doing her research.Bu e-kitabı satın alın ve 1 tane daha ÜCRETSİZ kazanın!
Dil İngilizce ● Biçim EPUB ● Sayfalar 256 ● ISBN 9780520918023 ● Dosya boyutu 4.5 MB ● Editör Joan Lindgren ● Yayımcı University of California Press ● Yayınlanan 2023 ● Baskı 1 ● İndirilebilir 24 aylar ● Döviz EUR ● Kimlik 8916591 ● Kopya koruma Adobe DRM
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