Jorge Humberto Chavez

Broschiertes Buch

I'd ask you to join me by the Rio Bravo and weep but you should know neither river nor tears remain

Beschreibung

This is a translation of Chavez's Mexican volume from 2013, a book of poems that deals with life on the border, its dangers, its delights and its peculiarities. I'd ask you to join me... won the prestigious Aguascalientes Poetry Prize in 2013.

Autor

Jorge Humberto Chavez was born in Ciudad Juarez, on the US/Mexican border in 1959. Since 1980, he has published seven collections of poetry in Mexico, the current volume (Te diría que fuéramos al Río Bravo a llorar pero debes saber que ya no hay río ni llanto) being the most recent, as well as being the winner of the Aguascalientes National Poetry Prize in 2013. His work has been translated into several languages and books have appeared in English (a selected poems in the U.S.A. in 2003), French and Italian. A major career retrospective volume is in development at Ediciones Vaso Roto (Monterrey & Madrid). Chávez also founded the Chihuahua International Festival in Ciudad Juarez, founded and coordinated the international writers' meetings 'Literatura in el Bravo', and curated the International Literary Festival in San Luis Potosi.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Shearsman Books
• Seitenzahl: 86
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 146g
• ISBN-13: 9781848615151
• ISBN-10: 1848615159
• Artikelnr.: 46886200