Notes / Notas
Will be published approx. on 9. July 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
73 pages
978-1-0684880-5-4 (ISBN)
Description
'One of the greatest poets the world has today.' -Jose Saramago, Winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature
This bilingual edition makes Juan Gelman's hauntingly beautiful poetry collection, Notes / Notas, available to English-speaking audiences in its entirety for the first time.
Originally published in 1979, Notas / Notes was composed in exile, following the 1976 military coup d'etat in Argentina. This period of state terrorism resulted in the disappearance of writers, comrades, and Gelman's own son.
With a deep appreciation for Gelman's masterful linguistic play, translators Afsari and Tandeciarz channel the force of his poetic testimony against the real violence of dictatorship.
Interweaving reflections on revolution, loss and memory, Argentina's poet laureate conjures forth a sense of hope in the wake of inconceivable suffering.
This bilingual edition makes Juan Gelman's hauntingly beautiful poetry collection, Notes / Notas, available to English-speaking audiences in its entirety for the first time.
Originally published in 1979, Notas / Notes was composed in exile, following the 1976 military coup d'etat in Argentina. This period of state terrorism resulted in the disappearance of writers, comrades, and Gelman's own son.
With a deep appreciation for Gelman's masterful linguistic play, translators Afsari and Tandeciarz channel the force of his poetic testimony against the real violence of dictatorship.
Interweaving reflections on revolution, loss and memory, Argentina's poet laureate conjures forth a sense of hope in the wake of inconceivable suffering.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
146 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0684880-5-4 (9781068488054)
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Juan Gelman (1930-2014) has been widely hailed as one of the greatest contemporary Spanish-language poets as well as Argentina's poet laureate, publishing more than twenty books of poetry over the course of his lifetime. In 2007, Gelman became the fourth Argentine to be awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious Spanish-language literary award, following in the footsteps of Jorge Luis Borges, Ernesto Sabato and Adolfo Bioy Casares.