The Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén, who was born in the eastern province of Camagüey 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 Márquez, one of the original translators and a leading authority on Caribbean and Latin American literature and culture.
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"His best-known contribution to the poetry of Latin America was the interaction of African rhythms and Latin music..." -- Independent
"In a continent of poets, Nicolás Guillén stood out above the crowd. In Castro's Cuba he had no peer." -- (Manchester) Guardian
"One of Latin America's best-known writers and the man who introduced African and Latin musical rhythms into verse...." -- Boston Globe --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
"In a continent of poets, Nicolás Guillén stood out above the crowd. In Castro's Cuba he had no peer." -- (Manchester) Guardian
"One of Latin America's best-known writers and the man who introduced African and Latin musical rhythms into verse...." -- Boston Globe --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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With a new preface by Roberto Márquez.
With a new preface by Roberto Márquez.
A bilingual edition of work by one of Cuba’s most important poets. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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- Zero Hour and Other Documentary Poems by Ernesto Cardenal in Back Matter
- The Great Zoo and Other Poems (English and Spanish Edition) by Nicolás Guillén in Front Matter
- The Feast of the Goat: A Novel by Mario Vargas Llosa in Back Matter
- Tereza Batista by Jorge Amado in Back Matter
- The Violent Land by Jorge Amado in Back Matter
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- Lo que teníamos que tener: raza y revolución en Nicolás Guillén (Spanish Edition) by Jerome Branche on page 33, page 41, and page 268
- The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers) by Aviva Chomsky on page 201, and Back Matter
- The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers) by Aviva Chomsky on page 201, and Back Matter
- Afro-Cuban Literature: Critical Junctures (Contributions to the Study of World Literature) by Edward Mullen on page 139, and Back Matter
- Itinerary: An Intellectual Journey by Octavio Paz in Back Matter
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