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Jose Gorostiza
This book is published by Floricanto Press in conjuction with Berkeley Press.www.FloricantoPress.com Jos� Gorostiza's poetry is "the most... concentrated of modern poetry in Spanish," according to renowned Mexican poet and Nobel Laureate Octavio Paz. Hence, this thin volume of collected poems, which, nevertheless, has as much poetry as many bulkier tomes. It's just that here, the poetry is concentrated in fewer poems. The Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature expresses the consensus of Spanish-language critics on Gorostiza's masterwork, Muerte sin fin (Endless Death): "It is impossible to overstate the importance of this poem... among the finest in the Spanish language... takes its pla...
The Poetry of José Gorostiza
I first became aware of José Gorostiza's poetry on New Year's Day, 1984. I was sitting on a bench along the Paseo de Reforma in Mexico City. It was early in the morning. The festive atmosphere of New Year's Eve had given way to a cool and bright dawn. Across the street I could see a plywood barricade that had gone up temporarily around a construction site. The boards were covered with graffiti. On one of them, a tagger had written some verses by José Gorostiza. The writing was signed by: "The Committee for the Defense of the Language." I was struck by the poem, and the next day I went to a bookstore in the Zona Rosa and bought a thin volume of Gorostiza's complete works. I have been translating his writing since then.
Death Without End
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Muerte Sin Fin
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