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COM.ONIXSUITE.9780872863521 03 01 City Lights Books 01 GCOI 87286100725930 02 0872863522 03 9780872863521 15 9780872863521 BC 1 A01 Guillén, Jorge Jorge Guillén Jorge Guillén was born in Valladolid, Old Castile. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 he was arrested and detained briefly in Pamplona as a political prisoner. He left Spain in 1938 to go into voluntary exile in the United States, where he remained until after the death of Franco. In 1978 he returned to live in Spain. He died in Málaga in 1984. 2 B06 Franzen, Cola Cola Franzen Cola Franzen has translated from Spanish some twenty volumes of prose and poetry, including <i>Poems of Arab Andalusia </i>(City Lights), Claudia Guilln's <i>The Challenge of Comparative Literature, </i>and <i>Dreams of the Abandoned Seducer </i>by Alicia Borinsky. 01 spa 250 00 250 03 03 0 03 24 Internet CL Hierarchy European Writing 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Poetry 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Poetry in Translation 01 <P>Winner of the 2000 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award.</P> <P>A major Spanish poet of the Generation of '27, Jorge Guillen's luminous poetry, marked by nobility of mind, balance, and clarity of vision, deserves to be more widely known to readers of English.</p> <P>Guillen was born in Valladolid, Old Castile. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, he was arrested and detained briefly in Pamplona as a political prisoner. He left Spain in 1938 and went into voluntary exile in the United States, where he remained until after the death of Franco. In 1978 he returned to live in Spain. He died in Malaga in 1984.</p> <P>Many poems in Horses in the Air were written in America; many of them have never been translated into English before. Guillen's view of Europe from the New World, his experience as an exile and an immigrant, as well as his encounter with Spanish America and with Spain in America provide insights into our shared culture that are fresh and relevant today.</p> 02 Winner of the 2000 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award. A major Spanish poet of the Generation of '27, Jorge Guillen's luminous poetry, marked by nobility of mind, balance, and clarity of vision, deserves to be more widely known to readers... 08 "A noteworthy retrospective of an overlooked and undervalued poet." Library Journal 08 ". . . well represents the breadth and depth of the poet's marvelous achievement." Kirkus Reviews 04 03 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100725930/images/87286100725930L.jpg 07 03 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100725930/images/87286100725930S.jpg http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100725930 City Lights Publishers 01 City Lights Publishers 19990701 01 8.5 in 02 5.5 in 08 16 oz City Lights Books 01 WORLD 20 19990701 01 02 15.95 USD