Violet Island and Other Poems

By Reina María Rodríguez

Book Overview

Born in Havana in 1952, Reina Mar a Rodriguez developed her poetry in a cultural climate that could be both encouraging and tense. Over the years she struggled to establish a questioning, experimental poetics that has both expressed and questioned -values of contemporary Cuban culture. Winner of the Casa de las Americas prize of poetry, the UNEAC Prize, and the Juli n del Casal prize, Rodriguez is recognized today as one of the most -outstanding of Cuban writers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1892295652
• ISBN13: 9781892295651
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Green Integer
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.3" x 6.0"