Lorca, the cursed poet

Lorca, poeta maldito

◆Recommended by Bei Dao, Wang Jiaxin, Fan Ye and Zhang Weijie!
◆Francisco Umbrella, a contemporary Spanish heavyweight writer and winner of the Spanish National Literature Award and the Cervantes Literature Award, analyzes the bold works of the demon poet Lorca. ✿A poetic genius, the Andalusian young master?
✿ Life and Death · Good and Evil · The Triple Tornness of Gender, Psychology, and Morality ☼ Foreword by Ian Gibson ☼ Includes Verse Stickers The Cursed Poet is a displaced individual, a person without a clear social class affiliation, a consummate Romantic, and one tormented by self-destructive tendencies, which he channels into his art. The Cursed is flawed in himself; yet, for society, he possesses a dissolving power. He is Baudelaire, Edgar Allan Poe, Artaud, Dylan Thomas... He is Lorca. Federico García Lorca was born in Andalusia, Spain, in the late 19th century and was murdered during the Spanish Civil War. He is hailed as one of Spain's most outstanding writers and has had a profound influence on world poetry.
In this critical biography, Francisco Umbrella offers a unique perspective, examining the poet Lorca within the context of Spanish poetic tradition and contemporary social realities, offering a poignant, vivid, and courageous study. He dispels the myths, fantasies, and rumors that have long surrounded the poet, allowing us to delve into the real Lorca—no longer the prodigy of Andalusia, but an atypical poet, cursed with loss, hoping to find redemption through his creation. With a profound understanding of evil, he writes, "Life is neither noble, nor beautiful, nor sacred." The "cursed poet" refers not only to the individual, the inner self, and his work, but also to a kind of existential destiny.
Lorca is a "cursed poet" because he remained true to his conscience and his genius, but he is also a "blessed poet" because he was blessed by the Muses and the magical land of Andalusia. He "belonged to the demon yet wrestled with it," transforming fate's curse into a blessing and immortal poetry. This Chinese translation of Lorca's biography helps us understand and discover this gifted poet. —Wang Jiaxin (poet, translator, professor at the School of Literature, Renmin University of China)
Writing a biography of the "Demonic Spirit"! — Spanish literary giant Umbrella accomplished this impossible task, and the image of the poet he presented, if not complete, is at least extremely fascinating. — Fan Ye (Translator, Associate Professor of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian at Peking University)
In this book, you can understand the works of literary genius, the inner thoughts of the poet Mojo, and the soul of Spain. —Zhang Weijie (Translator, Associate Professor of Spanish at Nanjing University)
Those who saw him go through life like a colorful bird did not understand him. —Vicente Alexandre Lorca A rebel without a cause or a rebel with a cause. —Francisco Umbrella

2024-05-01

南京大学出版社

Nanjing University Press·Watchman

336

9787305277122