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by Jacobo Sefami (Author)
This first general bibliography on contemporary Spanish American poets focuses on writers born between 1910 and 1952. Three generations are represented: The first, poets born 1910-1925 and including such notable figures as Octavio Paz, Jose Lezama Lima, Nicanor Parra, Gonzalo Rojas, Olga Orozco, and Alvaro Mutis, may be said to concentrate on language. The second generation, poets born 1925-1939 whose work was consolidated in the 1960s, with many exceptions are concerned with politics and history. Representative figures include Ernesto Cardenal, Roque Dalton, Juan Gelman, and Jose Emilio Pacheco. Poets of the latest generation may perhaps be characterized by awareness of the poetic sign. Though less well known, their inclusion allows the reader to incorporate the poetry of the 1980, and early 1990s into the panorama of Spanish American literature.
JACOBO SEFAMI is Assistant Professor of Spanish at New York University. He has published a book of essays, El Destierro Apacible y Otros Ensayos (1987), on five poets: Villaurrutia, Chumacero, Pessoa, Francisco Cervantes, and Haroldo de Campos, along with a book on the poetry of Gonzalo Rojas (forthcoming, 1992), both with publishers in Mexico. He has also written numerous articles and conducted several interviews in various literary journals.
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