born in 1930 in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Juan Gelman began early in life in letters, influenced greatly by his brother Boris, who was a regular reader, and introduced him to the glittering world of the literautura and poetry. His first poems were written at the age of 9 years.
"I began writing poems at age nine. Of course it was by a girl. At first he sent words of a nineteenth-century Argentina, Almafuerte , but he did not case. So I decided to test it myself. not listen to me. She went its own way and I stayed with poetry. "
already in youth dropped out of the race of Chemistry to devote himself to literary work. At fifteen he joined the Communist Youth Federation, participating in various social struggles, bringing along with other poets of Communist affiliation to form the group "Hard Pan" . Shortly desu, disappointed in some professing orthodox communism, left the Communist Party and formed the group "New Expression" and the editorial La Rosa Armored books left to spread.
after suffering the horrors and repression of the military dictatorship, had to leave the country in 1976, finding asylum in Mexico, which eventually became his permanent residence. After leaving for Mexico, his daughter Eva and son Nora Marcelo Ariel, with his wife who was pregnant, were abducted. He never again heard from them, but almost 30 years later, unable to find his granddaughter Andrea in Uruguay.
has received countless awards, among them, National Poetry Prize in Argentina in 1997, the Prize Juan Rulfo in 2000, Ibero-American Poetry Prize Ramón López Velarde in 2004, and Cervantes Prize in 2007.
Here is a great example of his talent, transforming mere words into a beautiful, luminous universe. A poem that evokes the sense that most of us have at some point in our lives: No Love "I began writing poems at age nine. Of course it was by a girl. At first he sent words of a nineteenth-century Argentina, Almafuerte , but he did not case. So I decided to test it myself. not listen to me. She went its own way and I stayed with poetry. "
already in youth dropped out of the race of Chemistry to devote himself to literary work. At fifteen he joined the Communist Youth Federation, participating in various social struggles, bringing along with other poets of Communist affiliation to form the group "Hard Pan" . Shortly desu, disappointed in some professing orthodox communism, left the Communist Party and formed the group "New Expression" and the editorial La Rosa Armored books left to spread.
after suffering the horrors and repression of the military dictatorship, had to leave the country in 1976, finding asylum in Mexico, which eventually became his permanent residence. After leaving for Mexico, his daughter Eva and son Nora Marcelo Ariel, with his wife who was pregnant, were abducted. He never again heard from them, but almost 30 years later, unable to find his granddaughter Andrea in Uruguay.
has received countless awards, among them, National Poetry Prize in Argentina in 1997, the Prize Juan Rulfo in 2000, Ibero-American Poetry Prize Ramón López Velarde in 2004, and Cervantes Prize in 2007.
How will wonder.
How will touch you by my side. Ando
wacky
air I walk I'm not.
How will sleep in your country breasts so far. Ando
of Christ in your memory poor
nailed reclavado.
will and whatever. Maybe I
body explodes everything I expected. I eat so sweetly
piece by piece.
I will be as it should.
Your foot. Your hand.
Juan Gelman.
By Vic Volta.
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