En esta entrega de nuestro dossier de poesía británica contemporánea curado y traducido por Luis David Palacios, presentamos la poesía de Amy Blakemore (Londres, 1991). Es una de las voces más llamativas de la poesía joven británica. Su primer libro, Humbert Summer (2014), ganó el Melita Hume Poetry Prize. Poemas suyos aparecen en revistas como: Poetry London,…
George Herbert, born in Wales in 1593 and deceased in 1633, is considered one of the revolutionary poets of the English tradition; he is, though, a much lesser-known poet in the Spanish language. Here we present three of his most remarkable poems in the translation of Sergio Eduardo Cruz (1994). George Herbert, nacido en Gales…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: Edwin Brock (Dulwich, 1927-1997). In addition to writing poetry he was police officer and a publicist. He was editor of the magazine Ambit. In 1990 he published his anthology Five Ways To Kill A Man: New and Selected Poems. The translation is by Antonio Cisneros. Presentamos un poema del poeta…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: Carol Ann Duffy (Glasgow, 1955), for her poetry she has deserved the Eric Gregory Award, the Scottish Arts Council Book Award, the Dylan Thomas Award and in 2005 the T. S. Eliot Prize. She is the poet of the English court since 2009. Spanish version by Edgar Amador (Coahuila, 1967)…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: Four poems by Sarah Howe, who was announced this Monday as winner of the prestigious TS Eliot Prize. Her poem “Relativity” was read by physicist Stephen Hawking on commemoration of National Poetry Day so we share the video reading of Hawking and present all poems in Spanish and English. Sarah Howe born…
Presentamos la serie Six Bee Poems de la poeta inglesa, Jo Shapcott (Londres, 1953). Poeta y ensayista, Jo Shapcott se graduó con honores del Trinity College, Dublin; del Dublin College of Music y de la Universidad de Harvard. Ha publicado libros de poesía como: A Journey to the Inner Eye: A Guide for All (1996),…
Today at Círculo de Poesía, a new post of our Irish Poetry Dossier. In the recent edition of the Mexico City Poetry Festival (Encuentro Internacional de Poesía de la Ciudad de México). Círculo de Poesía and Valparaíso México Press published Paul Muldoon’s book: Almuerzo con Pancho Villa, poemas escogidos 1968-1998 in translation by Gustavo Osorio de Ita.…