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English translations by Paul Archer of poems by Kotaro Takamura, Federico Garcia Lorca, Miguel de Cervantes, Antonio Colinas, Conchi da Silva, Mario Bendedetti, León de Greiff, Eugenio Montale, Ingeborg Bachmann, Sabine Schiffner and Fyodor Tyutchev.

Kotaro Takamura March 13, 1883 - April 2, 1956 Japanese poet and sculptor. The poems that form the Chieko Poems collection draw on the poet's own life experiences and, read as a sequence, tell the story of his relationship with Chieko through their courtship, marriage, her mental breakdown and death. They are an enduring testament to the power of love. > Chieko Poems in English To read more about the background to the poems, please go to: > Kotaro Takamura and the Chieko Poems

Federico Garcia Lorca June 5, 1898 - August 19, 1936 Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director. His poetry is impassioned, elemental and often tortured by the vicissitudes of life and love. > El Diván del Tamarit Collection of 12 Gacelas and 9 Casidas. > Sonnets of Dark Love Collection of 11 sonnets. Other poems: Somnabulant Ballad Crossroad Tree, tree Little Infinite Poem

Antonio Machado July 26, 1875 - February 22, 1939 Born in Seville, he became a French teacher in Soria. His wife died after four years of marriage and this embued his early poetry with a sense of loss. In the lead up to the Civil War he was deeply concerned by his country's bestaucasinosonline.com/sa/ division into 'two Spains'. His cynical worldy-wise philosophy is captured in his Sayings and Songs (Proverbios y Cantares). Sayings and Songs Portrait A Childhood Memory To José María Palacio From the ephemeral past The crime was in Granada: to Federico Garcia Lorca

Miguel de Cervantes October 9, 1547 - April 23, 1616 Spanish novelist, poet and playwright. His most famous work, Don Quixote, is regarded as the first modern novel. Much of the plain-speaking and wit of the novel can also be found in his poems. Sir Belianis of Greece to Don Quixote At the Tomb of Philip II in Seville On the Duke of Medina Entering Cadiz War Calls Me I Look for Life in Death The Chains of Love The Gypsies Dance Castilian Redondilla Ovillejos

Antonio Colinas January 30, 1946 ~ Antonio Colinas was born in La Bañeza in the León region of Spain and is highly regarded as a poet and intellectual. His poetry explores and evaluates the human experience in its setting of the natural world in order to discover a transcendent reality. In 2016 he won the prestigious XXV Premio Reina Sofia de Poesia Iberoamericana. A Tomb in Tarquinia Translation of 'Sepulcro en Tarquinia' Sepulcro en Tarquinia - introduction An introduction to the poem with a glossary of names used in the poem. Canto XXXV The road blocked by the forest The invisible labyrinth Palace steps Zamira loves wolves The Home of Light The Banks of the River Órbigo Fantasy and Fugue in Santillana del Mar Faith in Life Giacomo Casanova accepts the post of librarian in Bohemia offered to him by the Count of Waldstein

Conchi da Silva November 7, 1966 ~ Spanish poet from the region of Galicia. Her poems are daring and dangerous, examining the vicissitudes of life with an unflinching honesty and inner strength. Her collection of poems "Fisuras' (Fissures) was published in 2021 with a Portugeese translation. The Goddess You are simple and complex My scaffolding We calibrate works of art Protect me Out of the vine To sleep on knives Four corners to my bed There are words Being a poet

Mario Benedetti September 14, 1920 - 17 May 2009 Uruguayan poet who is hugely popular in Latin America but less well-known in the rest of the world. His deceptively simple style makes him accessible to all and his poems have much to say about life, love and the wider world. I love you Tactic and strategy Vice versa Armoured heart Don't keep yourself safe The perfect secretary Little stones at my window Resumé Allende The South Also Exists What would happen...? Mulatto

León de Greiff July 22, 1895 - July 11, 1976 Colombian poet. One of the founders of the modernismo movement in Colombia, León de Greiff's work is renowned for its innovative use of symbolic language and its aspiration towards the purity of music. Cancion Nocturna Cancionilla This Rose Was A Witness When love has fled, when love has gone

Eugenio Montale October 12, 1896 - September 12, 1981 Italian poet who won the 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was influenced in particular by Dante and T.S.Eliot. He uses the concept of the 'objective correlative' when relating nature to human thoughts and feelings. His poems often deal with his tortured relationship with women that, like Dante's Beatrice, become muses and mediatrix. Fire and darkness The lemons The eel The storm Don't ask us for the word To rest at noon You reach happiness Towards Finistère About a letter that wasn't written I've often come up against the bad part of living

Rainer Maria Rilke December 4, 1875 - December 29, 1926 Born in Prague, Rilke is regarded by many as the greatest lyric poet in the German language. Influenced by Rodin from his time in Paris, his lyric poetry is evocative and metaphysical, but grounded in close observation of the poem's subject and setting. The Panther The Gazelle Black Cat The Steps of the Orangerie Spanish Dancer Piano Practice Before summer rain Autumn Day Do you still remember the shooting stars The Apple Orchard The Spanish trilogy

Ingeborg Bachmann June 25, 1926 - October 17, 1973 Austrian poet who was part of the Gruppe 47 whose members also included Paul Celan, Heinrich Böll and Günter Grass. She spent much of her later life in Italy before her untimely death. The annual Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, one of the most prestigious prizes in German literature, is named after her. Every Day Deferred time In your eyes there are windows The land of fog A Version of Loss Advertising To the Sun Departure The ports were open After this Flood

Sabine Schiffner 1965 ~ Contemporary German poet and novelist. Schiffner was born in Bremen and has since lived in Cologne and Mallorca. Her collection of poems entitled Dschinn was published by S. Fischer in 2007 followed by Fremd gedanken published by Voss Hollemann in 2013. orange marmalade mosquitoes wanderlust you bright autumn yellowhammers the song of the bad shepherd on mallorca melaten what you say klajumi from the depths breezy days howling hibiscus winds cryology (the study of snow) your house on the hill with such joy the village at night dragonfly wind

Fyodor Tyutchev December 5, 1803 - July 27, 1873 Russian poet. Although his poems were scarcely published in his lifetime, he is now one of the most memorised and quoted of writers from the Romantic period of Russian literature. After the Feast Dull Flame of Desire

Felice Romani January 31, 1788 - January 28, 1865 Italian poet and librettist who wrote 90 librettos for Donizetti, Bellini, Rossini and other composers. Translated here (with an introduction) is the libretto for Chiara e Serafina, an opera set on Mallorca composed by Donizetti. Chiara e Serafina


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> El Diván del Tamarit Collection of 12 Gacelas and 9 Casidas.

> El Diván del Tamarit
Collection of 12 Gacelas and 9 Casidas.