Argentine poet-in-exile Juan Gelman (Buenos Aires, 1930-Mexico City, 2014) published more than twenty books of poetry and his numerous awards include the Pablo Neruda Prize (Chile, 2005), the most prestige Spanish-language literary award, Cervantes Prize (2007), and the Premio Leteo in 2012. Gelman’s poetry is a strange blend of social engagement and wordplay expressed in a colloquial but musical language steeped in paradox and poignancy.
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