Roque Dalton
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"One of Latin America's greatest poets, Roque Dalton was a revolutionary whose politics were inseparable from his art. Born in El Salvador in 1935, Dalton dedicated his life to fighting for social justice, while writing fierce, tender poems about his country and its people. In Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle, he explores oppression and resistance through the lens of five poetic personas, each with their own distinct voice. These poems show a...
Author
Publisher
Curbstone Press
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
"English-only edition of poems written from exile, prison, and on the run by the Salvadoran revolutionary whose life and word urged love as well as change. Selected from 10 of his collections including two posthumous manuscripts, but none are from Poemas clandestinos (1980). The vital force of the intimate, conversational Spanish challenges the translators. Introductory essays by Ernesto Cardenal, Claribel Alegría, and Hardie St. Martin recommend...
Author
Series
Colección Gavidia. Serie menor volume 41
Publisher
UCA Editores
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
Español
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