Popular South American Poetry Books
Find poetry books written by authors from South America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (20)
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20 Poemas de Amor y Una Cancion Desesperada by Pablo Neruda ES
Country: South America / 
Chile
Chile
Description:
"De aquellas tierras, de aquel barro, de aquel silencio he salido yo a andar, a cantar, por el mundo".
Así se describe Pablo Neruda, autor de una obra fecundísima, a través de la cual se pueden seguir las diferentes tendencias que ha experimentado la poesía hispanoamericana de nuestro siglo.
Veinte Poemas de Amor y Una Canción Desesperada, una de sus obras más importantes, revela una voz poética muy personal. Se trata de un libro de amor juvenil, apasionado, exultante y amargo, escrito con un tono cálidamente humano y sencillo... continue
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A Leaf in His Ear : Selected Poems by Mahadai Das EN
Country: South America / 
Guyana
Guyana
Description:
This collection of poems, discussed with Mahadai Das before her death, and organised in co-operation with the poet's sister, brings together almost all the poems that she wrote. In addition, 'A Leaf in His Ear', brings together many of the poems published in journals.
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Clarity & Connection by Yung Pueblo EN
Country: South America / 
Ecuador
Ecuador
Description:
From the celebrated author of Inward comes a new collection of poetry and short prose focused on understanding how past wounds impact our present relationships. In Clarity & Connection, Yung Pueblo describes how intense emotions accumulate in our subconscious and condition us to act and react in certain ways. In his characteristically spare, poetic style, he guides readers through the excavation and release of the past that is required for growth.
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De lippen van de aarde by Pablo Neruda NL
Country: South America / Chile
Chile
Description:
Neruda ziet poëzie niet als een dampende najade. Hij zet haar als wasvrouw aan het werk, laat haar brood verkopen in de bakkerijen, spinnen met de eenvoudige weefsters en ijzer beslaan in de metaalwerkplaats. Hij brengt haar naar de ondergrondse mijnen en moet lachen als ze tevoorschijn komt met haar voorhoofd vol vlekken steenkool. Zijn poëzie spreekt de taal van mensen, de taal van iedereen. In uiterst korte verzen weet Neruda vervoering en rust met elkaar te combineren. Maar zelfs achter zijn schijnbaar eenvoudige poëzie schuilen diepere betekenissen als politiek, oorlog, geheime liefde en ... continue
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Fully Empowered by Pablo Neruda EN
Country: South America / Chile
Chile
Description:
An important collection that includes some of the Nobel Prize winner's own favorite poems. "The Sea" A single entity, but no blood. A single caress, death or a rose. The sea comes in and puts our lives together and attacks alone and spreads itself and sing sin nights and days and men and living creatures. Its essence-fire and cold; movement, movement. Pablo Neruda himself regarded Fully Empowered -- which first appeared in Spanish in 1962 under the title Plenos Poderes -- as a particular favorite, in part because it came out of a most fruitful period in his life. These thirty-six poems vary fr... continue
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Country: South America / 
Uruguay
Uruguay
Description:
“An epic work of literary creation . . . There could be no greater vindication of the wonders of the lands and people of Latin America than Memory of Fire.” —The Washington Post Eduardo Galeano’s monumental three-volume retelling of the history of the New World begins with Genesis, a vast chain of legends sweeping from the birth of creation to the era of savage colonialism. Through lyrical prose and deep understanding, Galeano (author of the celebrated Open Veins of Latin America) recounts creation myths, pre-Columbian societies, and the brutality of conquest, from the Andes to the Great Plain... continue
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Country: South America / 
Curaçao
Curaçao
Description:
An explosive entry into the world of poetry from the most acclaimed debut poet ever in the Dutch language: Radna Fabias has arrived. Subversive, visual, and bold, Curaçao-born Dutch Radna Fabias' explosive debut collection Habitus marks the entry of a genre-altering poet. Habitus is a collection full of thrilling sensory images, lines in turn grim and enchanting which move from the Caribbean island of Curaçao to the immigrant experience of the Netherlands. Fabias' intrepid masterpiece explores issues of racism, neo-colonialism, poverty, and sexism with a heartbreaking rhythm and endless nuance... continue
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I Have Crossed an Ocean : Selected Poems by Grace Nichols EN
Country: South America / Guyana
Guyana
Description:
Grace Nichols' poetry has a gritty lyricism that addresses the transatlantic connections central to the Caribbean-British experience. Her work brings a mythic awareness and a sensuous musicality that is at the same time disquieting. Born and educated in Guyana, Grace Nichols moved to Britain in 1977. I Have Crossed an Ocean is a comprehensive selection spanning some 25 years of her writing.