[Gonzalo Rojas] : [interview] ; [Octavio Prenz : interview].

A recording of Victoria Olano reciting work by Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, both in Portuguese and Spanish, is played. Esteban Peicovich interviews Gonzalo Rojas. Rojas talks about how he began writing and of the creation of poetry. Peicovich and Rojas discuss the structure of Rojas�...

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Corporate Author: Texas A & M University. Libraries
Other Authors: Peicovich, Esteban (Interviewer)
Format: CD Audio Book
Language:Spanish
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; [2007]
Series:Colección Los Palabristas ; 658.
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Summary:A recording of Victoria Olano reciting work by Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, both in Portuguese and Spanish, is played. Esteban Peicovich interviews Gonzalo Rojas. Rojas talks about how he began writing and of the creation of poetry. Peicovich and Rojas discuss the structure of Rojas's writing and Rojas explains title of his first work La miseria del hombre. Peicovich contrasts Rojas with Cesar Vallejo in terms of their writing tone. Rojas talks about the short friendships he had with other writers such as with Nicanor Parra in 1946, while Parra was writing Poemas y Antipoemas, as well as other writers. Rojas talks about the forces that influence him to write poetry and how his Chilean culture fundamentally influences his writing style. He then reads some of his own work. Peicovich interviews poet and narrator Octavio Prenz. Prenz was born in Ensenada, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has worked at the University of Trieste and the University of Venice in Italy, and at the University of Lubiana in Slovenia. He is in town from Trieste on a short trip. He tells of his trip and career status. Prenz explains what it is like to write in Italy using his Spanish native language. He talks about his interaction with writer Claudio Magris. He also explains his own writing style and approach when it comes to poetry and narrative. He and Peicovich discuss the comical plot of Fabula de Inocencio Honest: El degollado, a novel by Prenz.
Item Description:Title supplied by cataloger.
Recordable compact disc.
Converted with permission from sound cassette to compact disc by the Texas A&M University Libraries.
Sound recording.
Physical Description:1 sound disc (approximately 55 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.