Jan 19, 2015 the deep and complex work of nicaraguan priest and poet ernesto cardenal, well nourished of science and mysticism, is also inspired by and embodied in the community of solentiname, in what we. Fernando cardenal was born into a wealthy and influential family in granada, nicaragua, as the fifth son of rodolfo cardenal and esmeralda martinez. Zero hour and other documentary poems brings together in english translation eight of the longer poems by nicaraguas impassioned marxist priest, ernesto cardenal, described in the times literary supplement as the outstanding socially committed poet of his generation in spanish america. Bundesarchiv b 145 bildf0591700015, frankfurtmain, buchmesse. Feb 24, 2016 father cardenal was the brother of the rev. His work, like pablo nerudas, is unabashedly political. Ernesto cardenal was born in granada, nicaragua and attended both the university of mexico and columbia university in new york city. Its the present that confounds nicaraguas cosmic poetic stylist, a towering figure in latin american. The best part, for me, is the inclusion of a poem by roberto bolano 19532003, the chilean poet and novelist exiled in spain, titled ernesto cardenal and i a title that unavoidably echoes borges stellar poem borges and i. Tropical nights in central america with moonlit lagoons and volcanoes and lights from presidential palaces. The following entry presents an overview of cardenals career through 1997. Zero hour and other documentary poems by ernesto cardenal. A former member of the nicaraguan sandinistas, he was nicaraguas minister of culture from 1979 to 1987. Ernesto cardenal, poet and catholic priest, still causes.
The origin of the species and other poems by ernesto cardenal. A poet and roman catholic clergyman, cardenal is a leading figure in the revolutionary literature of latin america. In subsequent works cardenal began to use empty phrases and commercial slogans as. Ernesto cardenal martinez 20 january 1925 1 march 2020 was a nicaraguan catholic priest, poet, and politician. Since 1997, the year that he was readmitted to the jesuits, cardenal was an active priest. Frasi di ernesto cardenal 14 frasi citazioni e frasi celebri. Ernesto cardenal author visit amazons ernesto cardenal page. Ernesto cardenal nacio en granada, nicaragua en 1925. Cardenal was a member of the sandinista government, for which he received canonical sanctions from pope john paul ii. He is a liberation theologian and the founder of the primitivist art community in the solentiname islands, where he lived for more than ten years 19651977. This is an epic poem by the nicaraguan poet and priest ernesto cardenal born 1925 from the 1950s. Te doy, claudia, estos versos, porque tu eres su duena. In diese zeit fielen bereits erste schriftstellerische versuche, meist elegische.
Ernesto cardenal 1925 nicaraguan poet and nonfiction writer. Zero hour and other documentary poems new directions. Ernesto cardenal martinez 20 january 1925 1 march 2020 was a nicaraguan catholic. The ernesto cardenal papers were acquired by the benson latin american. Mejores libros, ebooks o novelas del escritor ernesto cardenal con su biografia y bibliografia. He was a liberation theologian and the founder of the primitivist art community in the solentiname islands, where he lived for more than ten years 19651977. At 86, ernesto cardenal can still muster passion for revolutions past and future. Political poetry and the example of ernesto cardenal northwestern. But what is notable in spanishlanguage poetry is not only cardenals. Dissidente sandinista, considerado um dos mais importantes poetas da america latina. Zero hour, and other documentary poems, a long documentary poem denouncing the effects of domestic tyranny and american imperialism in central american history, is a masterpiece of protest poetry. Cantico cosmico fragmento ernesto cardenal, nicaragua. Seu irmao, o jesuita fernando cardenal, foi ministro da educacao da nicaragua 1. Abstract this article is an analytical study on the cantico cosmico of ernesto cardenal.
Media in category ernesto cardenal the following 23 files are in this category, out of 23 total. The origin of the species and other poems by ernesto. Frasi di ernesto cardenal 14 frasi citazioni e frasi. A former catholic priest who studied in kentucky with the scholar, poet, and trappist monk thomas merton, cardenal was involved in the tumultuous political.
Ernesto cardenal, revolutionary nicaraguan poet and roman catholic priest who is considered to be the second most important nicaraguan poet, after ruben dario. The following entry presents an overview of cardenal s career through 1997. One of his brothers is ernesto cardenal, a nicaraguan catholic priest, poet and politician. A former catholic priest who studied in kentucky with the scholar, poet, and trappist monk thomas merton, cardenal was involved in the tumultuous political scene in nicaragua, and central america generally, since the 1960s. Ernesto cardenal ernesto cardenal poems poem hunter. Ernesto cardenal, the 90yearold poet and intellectual voice of the insurgency that overthrew the dictator gen. Nov 17, 1980 zero hour and other documentary poems brings together in english translation eight of the longer poems by nicaraguas impassioned marxist priest, ernesto cardenal, described in the times literary supplement as the outstanding socially committed poet of his generation in spanish america. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
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