Humberto Ak'abal

Gebundenes Buch

Aquí Era El Paraíso / Here Was Paradise

Selección de Poemas de Humberto Ak'abal / Selected Poems of Humberto Ak'abal

Herausgeber: Aldana, Patricia / Illustrator: Carling, Amelia Lau / Übersetzer: Hazelton, Hugh

Beschreibung

A collection of poetry by one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas about the vanished world of his childhood - that of the Maya K'iche'.

Autor

HUMBERTO AK'ABAL was born in the Maya K'iche' village Momostenango in Guatemala in 1952. He worked as a blanket weaver (one of the activities for which Momostenango is renowned,) a shepherd, a sweeper, then a garment maker in a maquila in Guatemala City. When he was thirty-eight, he published his first book of poetry. Ak'abal is famous worldwide as one of the great contemporary poets in the Spanish language, and one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas, having written over twenty-five books.  He died in January 2019, leaving his widow, Mayulí Bieri, and son Nakil Ak'abal Bieri.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Groundwood Books Ltd , Canada
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Altersempfehlung: ab 9 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 219mm x 178mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781773064956
• ISBN-10: 1773064959
• Artikelnr.: 61269512