Of Purest Blue: Bilingual edition

Francisco Brines

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A selection of poetry by Francisco Brines, Spain's most eminent living poet. A fully bilingual text with preface. In November 2020 Brines was awarded the prestigious Cervantes Prize for Literature, widely regarded as equivalent to the Nobel, for a 'poetic work that goes from the carnal and the purely human to the metaphysical, to the spiritual, towards an aspiration of beauty and immortality', according to the jury. Translation was supported by the Ministry of Culture in Spain.

The book contains a unique memoir of Brines by the English novelist Rufus Gunn, author of A Friendship of Convenience.

Una selección de la poesía de Francisco Brines, el poeta contemporáneo español más importante. Todos los textos y el prefacio bilingües. En noviembre de 2020 Brines fue galardonado con el Premio Cervantes por 'su obra poética que va de lo carnal y lo puramente humano a lo metafísico, lo espiritual, hacia una aspiración de belleza e inmortalidad', según las palabras del jurado. Traducción hecha con el apoyo del Ministerio de Cultura de España.

El escritor Rufus Gunn, autor de A Friendship of Convenience, rememora sus singulares encuentros con Francisco Brines.

Book Details

Publisher: Paragon Publishing
Publish Date: Dec 16th, 2020
Pages: 104
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.25in - 5.50in - 0.22in - 0.28lb
EAN: 9781782228165
Categories: • European - Spanish & Portuguese

About the Author

Brines, Francisco: - Francisco Brines (born 1932) is probably the most famous living poet in the Spanish-speaking world. Author of several collections of poetry and critical essays, he has for many years come to be seen as a representative of a whole school of Spanish poets, the so-called Generation of the 1950s. His poetry has been recognised with numerous awards, including the Federico García Lorca Prize, the Reina Sofía Prize for Ibero-American Poetry, and the Cervantes Prize for Literature. In 2001 he was elected a member of the Royal Spanish Academy. He lives in Oliva near Valencia. Francisco Brines (nacido en 1932) es probablemente el más famoso poeta viviente en el mundo de habla hispana. Autor de varias colecciones de poesía y ensayos, ha llegado a ser considerado un representante de toda una escuela española de poetas, la llamada Generación del 50. Su poesía ha sido galardonada con numerosos premios, el García Lorca, el Reina Sofía de Poesía Iberoamericana, y el Cervantes. En 2001 fue nombrado miembro de la Real Academia Española. Vive actualmente en Oliva, cerca de Valencia.

Cranfield, Steven: - Steve Cranfield y Claudio Tedesco trabajan juntos en traducciones de poetas hispanoparlantes. Han publicado en revistas académicas, hecho entrevistas y presentaciones sobre sus experiencias al traducir la poesía de Francisco Brines.

Tedesco, Claudio: - Steve Cranfield and Claudio Tedesco collaborate on translations from Spanish-speaking poets. They have written on working with Francisco Brines in academic journals and in online interviews and presentations.

Praise for this book

'Brines's flowing lines ... it has been the challenge of Steve Cranfield and Claudio Tedesco to match in our far more ground-based English, a challenge ... superbly met' -- Paul Binding, author of Lorca: The Gay Imagination and Hans Christian Andersen: European Witness

'La escritura de Brines ... ha sido el desafío de Steve Cranfield y Claudio Tedesco el encontrar en nuestro inglés más terrenal, un paralelo ... gran logro' -- Paul Binding, autor de Lorca: The Gay Imagination y Hans Christian Andersen: European Witness