Written with exquisite sensitivity and wit, this memoir by one of Mexico's foremost men of letters describes coming of age during the violence of the Mexican Revolution and "living dangerously" as an openly homosexual man in a brutally machista society.
Written with exquisite sensitivity and wit, this memoir by one of Mexico's foremost men of letters describes coming of age during the violence of the Mexican Revolution and "living dangerously" as an openly homosexual man in a brutally machista society.
Salvador Novo (1904–1974) was a provocative and prolific cultural presence in Mexico City through much of the twentieth century. With his friend and fellow poet Xavier Villaurrutia, he cofounded Ulises and Contemporáneos, landmark avant-garde journals of the late 1920s and 1930s. At once “outsider” and “insider,” Novo held high posts at the Ministries of Culture and Public Education and wrote volumes about Mexican history, politics, literature, and culture. The author of numerous collections of poems, including XX poemas, Nuevo amor, Espejo,Dueño mío, and Poesía 1915–1955, Novo is also considered one of the finest, most original prose stylists of his generation. Marguerite Feitlowitz–Translator Feitlowitz is the author of the internationally acclaimed A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture. She has translated the works of, among others, Griselda Gambaro, Carlos Monsiváis, Liliane Atlan, and Angélica Gorodischer. She teaches literature at Bennington College. Carlos Monsivais was Mexico’s most beloved and esteemed journalist, critic, essayist, activist, and chronicler of the “urban carnival,” as he called his nation’s capital. The recipient of over thirty prizes and awards, including the Guadalajara International Book Fair Prize, Mexico’s National Prize for Journalism, and multiple honorary degrees, Monsiváis was prolific. Among his many works is Salvador Novo: Lo marginal en el centro.
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction * The Sidelong World: Where Confession and Proclamation Are Compounded, by Carlos Monsiváis * Pillar of Salt by Salvador Novo * “This flower of fourteen petals”: Salvador Novo and the Sonnet, by Marguerite Feitlowitz * Sonnets * Notes * Index of Names
* Introduction * The Sidelong World: Where Confession and Proclamation Are Compounded, by Carlos Monsiváis * Pillar of Salt by Salvador Novo * “This flower of fourteen petals”: Salvador Novo and the Sonnet, by Marguerite Feitlowitz * Sonnets * Notes * Index of Names
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