- Eugenio Montejo
Eugenio Montejo (
Caracas ,1938 - Valencia,June 5 ,2008 ) was a Venezuelan poet and essay writer, founder of the literary magazine Azar and co-founder of Revista Poesía, a poetry magazine published by theUniversity of Carabobo .He was researcher at the "Romulo Gallegos" Centre for Latin American Studies in Caracas and contributed to a large number of national and international magazines.
In Venezuela he was awarded the National Prize for Literature in
1998 and in 2004 he received the International Octavio Paz Prize for Poetry and Essay.International interest in Montejo's poetry grew after his poem "La Tierra Giró para Acercarnos" ("The Earth Turned to Bring Us Closer") was used in the film "
21 grams " by feted Mexican directorAlejandro González Iñárritu . A few lines from the poem are quoted bySean Penn 's character in the movie.Poetic work
*Elegos (
1967 )
*Muerte y memoria (1972 )
*Algunas palabras (1977 )
*Terredad (1978 )
*Trópico absoluto (1982 )
*Alfabeto del mundo (1986 )
*Adiós al Siglo XX (1992 ,1997 a complete version)
*Chamario (2003 , for children)
*Fábula del escriba (2006 )Essays
*La ventana oblicua (
1974 )
*El taller blanco (1983 )
*El cuaderno de Blas Coll (1981 )Translations
* The Trees (selected poems 1967-2004) - an anthology of selected poems with English translations by the Australian poet Peter Boyle. (Salt Publishing, 2004).
External links
* [http://www.saltpublishing.com/books/smpt/1844710335.htm Biography and samples at Salt Publishing]
* [http://www.literalmagazine.com/pdf/portada_L11.pdf#page=35 A lecture by Eugenio Montejo in Literal, Latin American Voices ]
* [http://www.literalmagazine.com/pdf/literal07.pdf#page=24 Interview and poetry by Eugenio Montejo in Literal, Latin American Voices ]
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