Yoruba from Cuba - Nicolás Guillén

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Résumé :
This dual-language book features selections from Nicol?s Guill?n, one of Cuba's most outstanding poets. The range of his work, from Poemas de Transicion through La Rueda Dentata and El Diario que a Diario, is covered. Notes on the poems, a chronology, and a reading list add to the lively English translations. Both the colloquial vigor of Guill?n's language and the Cuban dance-inspired rhythms are captured. The selection highlights Guill?n's references to the Yoruba Orisha religion, themes of racial injustice, and the historical legacies of slavery. Also emphasized is Guillen's anticipation of the creolit? movement in stressing the heterogeneity of Cuban culture in drawing on African, European, and other immigrant traditions.
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Biographie:
Nicol?s Guill?n was a Cuban poet who was active from the 1920s, through the revolution and up to his death in 1987. He was the author of numerous collections including Motivos de Son. Salvador Ortiz-Carboneres is a senior language tutor at the language center of the University of Warwick.
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