Aquí era el paraíso : selección de poemas de Humberto Ak'abal /
A collection of poetry by one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas about the vanished world of his childhood, that of the Maya K'iche'. Aqu̕ era el para̕so / Here Was Paradise is a selection of poems written by the great Maya poet Humberto Ak'abal. They evoke his childhood...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Spanish English |
| Language Notes: | Poems in Spanish and English on facing pages. |
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Toronto ; Berkeley :
Groundwood Books,
[2021].
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| Summary: | A collection of poetry by one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas about the vanished world of his childhood, that of the Maya K'iche'. Aqu̕ era el para̕so / Here Was Paradise is a selection of poems written by the great Maya poet Humberto Ak'abal. They evoke his childhood in and around the Maya K'iche' village of Momostenango, Guatemala and also describe his own role as a poet of the place. Ak'abal writes about children, grandfathers, mothers, animals, ghosts, thwarted love, fields, rains, poetry, poverty and death. The poetry was written for adults but can also be read and loved by young people, especially in this collection, beautifully illustrated by award-winning Guatemalan-American illustrator Amelia Lau Carling. Ak'abal is famous worldwide as one of the great contemporary poets in the Spanish language, and one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas. Ak'abal created and wrote his poems first in K'iche', then translated them into Spanish. |
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| Physical Description: | 167 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781773064956 1773064959 |