Nicanor parra, an eminent chilean scientistturnedpoet who revolutionized latin american verse by rejecting its flowery diction and forging a strippeddown, confrontational and darkly comic form. Roedd ei dad yn athro ai fam yn wniadwraig, ac roedd ganddo saith o frodyr a chwiorydd, gan gynnwys y gantores violeta parra. Nicanor parra, one of the most important latin american poets of his time, the originator of socalled antipoetry poetry that opposes traditional poetic techniques or styles. Get all the lyrics to songs by nicanor parra and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics.
Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Nicanor parra, born september 5, 1914, san fabian, chiledied january 23, 2018, santiago, one of the most important latin american poets of his time, the originator of socalled antipoetry poetry that opposes traditional poetic techniques or styles parra studied mathematics and physics at the university of chile in santiago. Real seriousness, nicanor parra, the antipoet of chile, has said, rests. He is considered one of the most influential poets in spanish language of the 20th century often compared with pablo neruda. Parra studied mathematics and physics at the university of chile in santiago. He came from the artistically prolific parra family of performers, musicians, artists, and writers. In 1933, he entered the instituto pedagogico of the university of chile, where he qualified as a teacher. Zijn zuster violeta parra was een volkszangeres van internationaal belang.
His sister, violeta parra, is possibly the most important folk singer the nation has produced. Parra is known as the founder of antipoetrya term coined by the poet to describe a form of poetry. Nicanor parra was the chilean scientistturnedpoet who revolutionised latin american verse by rejecting its flowery diction and forging a strippeddown, confrontational and darkly comic form that. Enillodd nicanor ysgoloriaeth i ysgol uwchradd o fri yn y brifddinas santiago. I first began translating the chilean poet nicanor parra in 1973, on the recommendation of frank macshane, the professor of my graduate translation course at columbia university. Astudiodd fathemateg a ffiseg ym mhrifysgol tsile, santiago, a derbyniodd ei radd yn 1938. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Buscalibre chile libros del autor nicanor parra ver opiniones y comentarios. Nicanor parra, chilean voice in an antipoet movement. Parra was nominated several times for the nobel prize in literature. Nicanor segundo parra sandoval 5 september 1914 23 january 2018 was a chilean poet, mathematician, and physicist.
Pdf the dramatic monologue, a genre developed in the nineteenth century by the. Parra came from the artistically prolific chilean parra family of performers, musicians, artists, and writers. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. His sister, violeta parra, was a folk singer, as was his brother roberto parra sandoval. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Nicanor parra was trained as a mathematician and physicist at brown university and at oxford, where he came to embrace principles of relarivity in a physical mode, principles that carry over into cl1e epistemological concerns of his poems. I bought obra gruesa, an anthology of parras poetry published by chiles editorial universitaria at the las americas bookstore in union square. In 1972, chilean poet nicanor parra published his latest collection of poetry. Nicanor segundo parra sandoval 5 september 1914 23 january 2018 was a chilean poet. On december 1, 2011, parra won the cervantes prize from spains ministry of culture, widely considered the most important literary prize in the spanishspeaking world.