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Freddy Gatón Arce (DR Books #4)

February 12, 2011 by Erica Mena

La canción de la hetera by Freddy Gatón Arce. Editora Taller, 1992. Freddy Gatón Arce (1920-1994) is a founding member of “Poesía Soprendida,” poet and journalist. He’s won just about every major literary award in the Dominican, his work is the subject of much critical study across Latin America. As far as I can tell his work is wholly unavailable in English. This book is a slim, non-representative volume, but they didn’t have his complete works which I’m still trying […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Dominican Republic, Freddy Gatón Arce, Poesía Soprendida, poetry

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Franklin Mieses Burgos (DR Books #3)

February 12, 2011 by Erica Mena

Obras Completas by Franklin Mieses Burgos. Colección Bibliófilos, 2000. Franklin Mieses Burgos (1907-1976) was a member of the literary movement “Poesía Soprendida” (lit. “Surprised Poetry”); strongly surrealist and simultaneously anti-dictatorial. A critic describes his work as characterized by profound lyricism, at times existential, at times political, and almost always surreal. It falls into three categories: the hermetic (strongly surreal), the formal and classic sonnets, and the popular. The critic believes the surreal work to be his best. He is considered […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Dominican Republic, Franklin Mieses Burgos, modernismo, Poesía Soprendida, poetry, vanguardismo

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