- Jacobo Fijman
Jacobo Fijman (1898-1970) was an Argentine poet born in
Bessarabia , now mainly inMoldova . He moved toArgentina with his parents in 1902.Raised in humble circumstances, Fijman was a highly intelligent child interested in art, music, and literature; he later made a modest living as a French teacher and itinerant violinist until a series of mental breakdowns lead to his permanent (and, according to Fijman, not always unpleasant) residency at the
Borda Asylum from 1942 until his death. Fijman was keenly interested inreligion and religious visions, part of the reason for his conversion fromJudaism toCatholicism in 1930.The poetry of Jacobo Fijman is often metaphysical, and has traces of
surrealism . Fijman published three volumes of poems in his life: "Molino rojo", "Hecho de estampas", and "Estrella de la Mañana".His personality inspired the fictional character of "Samuel Tesler" from "Adán Buenosayres", the widely recognized novel written by
Leopoldo Marechal .References
* [http://www.poeticas.com.ar/Directorio/Poetas_miembros/Jacobo_Fijman.html Jacobo Fijman] (Spanish) at poeticas.com.ar
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