Le fue otorgado el Premio Pulitzer de Poesía 2023 al poeta Carl Phillips, por el conjunto de su obra, reunida en el libro Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022), del que presentamos aquí algunos poemas en la traducción de Roberto Amézquita. Carl Phillips es autor de libros de poesía…
La poeta norteamericana Natalie Díaz (1978) ha merecido el 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry por el libro Postcolonial Love Poem. Díaz es miembro de la tribu india mojave. Por su trabajo ha merecido el Nimrod/Hardman Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry. She lives in Surprise, Arizona. Ha publicado también el poemario When My Brother Was an Aztec. Leemos, en versión de Francisco Larios, un poema…
Forrest Gander ha sido merecedor del prestigioso Premio Pulitzer de Poesía 2019 por su libro Be Whit, un libro elegíaco donde el poeta examina diferentes formas de la pérdida. El jurado estuvo compuesto por Dan Chiasson, Rigoberto González y Robyn Creswell. Forrest Gander es uno de los traductores más destacados del español al inglés. Ha…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: we present two poems of John Gould Fletcher (1886-1950), poet. His name was associated with Amy Lowell and Ezra Pound. The rhythm of his verse was flattered by a lot of poets of his generation. In 1939 he deserved the Pulitzer Prize of Poetry for his Selected Poems. Spanish versions by…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: we present a poem by Marya Zaturenska (1908-1982). Born in Ukraine and having migrated to the United States, Zaturenska was an outstanding student and later became one the important voices of the English Decadent school. A poet that almost appears anachronic, her writing dwells into metaphysical planes with ease, with…
Presentamos cuatro poemas de la norteamericana Diane Seuss (Michigan City, Indiana, 1956), pertenecientes a su más reciente libro four-legged girl (Graywolf Press, 2015), que este 2016 resultó finalista del Pulitzer Prize of Poetry. Seuss es autora de otros dos libros de poesía anteriores, It Blows You Hollow y Wolf Lake, White Gown Blow Open, ganador…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: Robert Frost (1874-1963) from the collection “A further range”, which received the Pulitzer Prize (1937). His work employed settings from rural life in New England and his command of American colloquial speech. Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. Frost was named Poet laureate…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: we present a poem by Robert P.T. Coffin (1892-1955). He was a professor of Literature in Wells College and Bowdoin College and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1936 for his book Strange Holiness. His poetry is of formalist leanings. Spanish version by Sergio Eduardo Cruz. Presentamos en Círculo de Poesía,…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: Audrey Wurdemann (1911-1960) was born in Seattle, Washington. She was the youngest winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry at the age of 24, for her collection Bright Ambush (1935). Her first collection of poetry, The House of Silk was published when she was 16. Her work appeared in Harper’s…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: Robert Hillyer (1895-1961), he was editor of the Harvard Advocate and part of the group known as the Harvard Aesthetes. He deserved the Pulitzer Prize in 1934 for his book Collected Verse. Spanish version by Roberto Amézquita. Presentamos en Círculo de Poesía a Robert Hillyer (1895-1961), fue editor…