Severo Sarduy

Severo Sarduy

Severo Sarduy (Camagüey, Cuba; February 25, 1937 – Paris; June 8, 1993) was a Cuban poet, author, playwright, and critic of Cuban literature and art.

Biography

Sarduy went to the equivalent of high school in Camagüey and in 1956 moved to Havana, where he began a study of medicine. With the triumph of the Cuban revolution he collaborated with the "Diario libre" and "Lunes de revolución", pro-marxist papers. In 1960 he traveled to Paris to study at the Ecole du Louvre. There he was connected to the group of intellectuals who produced the magazine "Tel Quel", particularly to philosopher Francois Wahl, with whom he was openly involved. Sarduy worked as a reader for "Editions du Seuil" and as editor and producer of the "Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française". In 1972 his novel "Cobra" won him the Medici Prize. He was among the most brilliant essayists writing in Spanish and "a powerful baroque narrator, full of surprising resources." [Ruy Sánchez, Alberto. 'Severo Sarduy y el ritual del colibrí', in Cuatro escritores rituales. Conaculta, 2000. ISBN 970-18-7269-X] . As a poet, he was considered one of the greatest of his time. He was also a more or less secret painter; a major retrospective of his work was held at the Reina Sofía Museum of Madrid after his death. He died due to complications from AIDS just after finishing his autobiographical work "Los pájaros de la playa".

Works

*"Gestos". 1963. Novel.
*"De donde son los cantantes". 1967
*"Escrito sobre un cuerpo". 1969. Essays
*"Flamenco." 1970. Poems.
*"Mood Indigo". 1970. Poems.
*"La playa". 1971. Pieza radiofónica
*"La caída". 1971. Pieza radiofónica
*"Relato". 1971.. Pieza radiofónica
*"Los matadores de Hormigas". 1971. Pieza radiofónica
*"Flamenco". 1971. Poems
*"Mood Indigo". 1971. Poems
*"Cobra". 1972. Novel.
*"Barroco". 1974. Essays
*"Para la voz". 1977
*"Big Bang". 1974. Poems
*"Maitreya". 1978. Novel.
*"Daiquiri". 1980 . Poems
*"La simulación." 1982.Essay.
*"Colibrí". 1984. Novel.
*"Un testigo fugaz y disfrazado." 1985 Poems
*"El cristo de la Rue Jacob."1987. Essays
*"Nueva inestabilidad". 1987. Essays
*"Ensayos generales sobre el barroco." 1987. Essays
*"Cocuyo". 1990. Novel.
*"Pájaros de la playa" . 1993. Published posthumously just one month after his death.
*"Obra Completa", Two volumes. 1999. Edited by Francois Wahl. Unesco. Paris.

Further reading

"English"
*The review of contemporary fiction : Douglas Glover, Blaise Cendrars, Severo Sarduy / Rolando Pérez., 2004
*Hispanic literature criticism. Supplement / Susan Salas., 1999
*Between the self and the void : essays in honor of Severo Sarduy / Alicia Rivero Potter., 1998
*Orientalism in the Hispanic literary tradition : in dialogue with Borges, Paz, and Sarduy / Julia Kushigian., 1991
*Severo Sarduy and the religion of the text / Rolando Perez., 1988
*The name game : writing/fading writer in De donde son los cantantes / Oscar Montero., 1988

"Spanish"
*Severo Sarduy : alcances de una novelística y otros ensayos / Johan Gotera., 2005
*Severo Sarduy : escrito sobre un rostro / Oneyda González., 2003
*La imagen y el cuerpo : Lezama y Sarduy / Virgilio López Lemus., 1997
*Severo Sarduy y Pedro Almodóvar : del barroco al kitsch en la narrativa y el cine postmodernos / Alejandro Varderi., 1996
*Escrito sobre Severo : una relectura de Sarduy / Francisco Cabanillas., 1995
*Autor/lector : Huidobro, Borges, Fuentes y Sarduy / Alicia Rivero Potter., 1991
*La ruta de Severo Sarduy / Roberto González Echevarría., 1987
*La estrategia neobarroca / Gustavo Guerrero., 1987
*La temática novelística de Severo Sarduy : De dónde son los cantantes / José Sánchez-Boudy.,1985
*Severo Sarduy : el neobarroco de la transgresión / Adriana Méndez Rodenas., 1983
*Severo Sarduy / Jorge Aguilar Mora., 1976

External links

* [http://amediavoz.com/sarduy.htm Site dedicated to Severo Sarduy] , A Media Voz.
* [http://www.epdlp.com/escritor.php?id=2271 Small biographical description of Severo Sarduy with links to some of his texts] , El Poder de la Palabra.
* [http://www.angelfire.com/ar2/libros/Severo.html Severo Sarduy: Los tatuajes emigrantes]

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