Part of this is due to a lack of orientation a need to identify which poets of the hundreds currently writing are noteworthy.". Although some of Spanish America's most celebrated narrative writers of the past quarter century have garnered public, academic, and critical attention abroad, their poets have not. The final chapter is devoted to a brief biographical sketch of each poet and an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources." "A number of these poets have had poems translated into other languages and included in national and international anthologies, and have received international recognition for their work, but they are still virtually unknown in English-speaking countries.
Each poet is represented by an ample and varied selection of poems originally published in Spanish, here with English translations on facing pages.
The introduction provides a brief background on Uruguay for readers unfamiliar with the country. "This volume is intended as an introduction of contemporary poetry by notable Uruguayan poets to the English-reading world, but also to readers of Spanish unfamiliar with them.
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