Otrarse: Ladino Poems

by Juan Gelman

One of Latin American's most important poets of the twentieth century, Juan Gelman (1930-2014) spent much of his life in exile from his native Argentina during the Dirty War. A significant, seldom-acknowledged portion of Gelman's poetry dealt with Jewish themes. He established a dialogue across time with Santa Teresa de vila and San Juan de la Cruz, the sixteenth-century Spanish mystical poets whose ancestry was Jewish. He rewrote poetic portions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826366791
• ISBN13: 9780826366795
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 256 Pages