
Man-making Words
Selected Poems
Nicolas Guillen(Author)
University of Massachusetts Press
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 7. October 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-55849-410-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Cuban poet Nicolas Guillen, who was born in the eastern province of Camaguey in 1902, died in 1989. This new edition of his selected poems, reissued thirty years after its original publication, includes an extensive, new introductory essay by Roberto Marquez, one of the original translators and a leading authority on Caribbean and Latin American literature and culture. Celebrated as Cuba's national poet, Guillen also attracted an international following, as evidenced by these tributes written after his death:
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Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Massachusetts
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
379 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55849-410-7 (9781558494107)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
06/1972
University of Massachusetts Press
€33.33
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Persons
Roberto Marquez is professor of Latin American studies at Mount Holyoke College, David Arthur McMurray, at the time of original publication, was in the department of comparative literature at the University of Alberta.
Author
Volume editor
Author/originator