Description
Virtually unknown in the English-speaking world, Girondo is one of the pioneers of Latin American literature. This selection offers a glimpse of a precise and playful writer who insisted that a poem "should be constructed like a watch and sold like a sausage."
About the Author
Oliverio Girondo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1891, and the author of seven innovative books of poetry. He traveled often to Europe where he forged ties with the French Symbolists and the Spanish avant-garde. Girondo eventually died from injuries sustained in a 1964 car accident in 1967. Heather Cleary won a PEN Translation Fund Award for her translations of Girondo.
Book Information
ISBN 9780811221771
Author Oliverio Girondo
Format Paperback
Page Count 48
Imprint New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publisher New Directions Publishing Corporation
Weight(grams) 107g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm
About the Author
Oliverio Girondo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1891, and the author of seven innovative books of poetry. He traveled often to Europe where he forged ties with the French Symbolists and the Spanish avant-garde. Girondo eventually died from injuries sustained in a 1964 car accident in 1967. Heather Cleary won a PEN Translation Fund Award for her translations of Girondo.
Book Information
ISBN 9780811221771
Author Oliverio Girondo
Format Paperback
Page Count 48
Imprint New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publisher New Directions Publishing Corporation
Weight(grams) 107g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm
