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"The greatest universal poet since Dante.--Thomas Merton Vallejo created a wrenching poetic language for Spanish that radically altered the shape of its imagery and the nature of its rhythms. Vallejo forged a new discourse in order to express his own visceral compassion for human suffering.--Edith Grossman ""Los Angeles Times Book Review"" Vallejo has emerged for us as the greatest of the great South American poets?a crucial figure in the making of the total body of twentieth-century world poetry.--Jerome Rothenberg, co-editor of Poems for the Millennium Vallejo never hoarded his suffering, never saw it as a privilege, as something that fell only on him.--Michael Wood ""New York Review of Books"""

"""The greatest universal poet since Dante."" -- Thomas Merton ""Vallejo created a wrenching poetic language for Spanish that radically altered the shape of its imagery and the nature of its rhythms. Vallejo forged a new discourse in order to express his own visceral compassion for human suffering."" -- Edith Grossman - Los Angeles Times Book Review ""Vallejo has emerged for us as the greatest of the great South American poets?a crucial figure in the making of the total body of twentieth-century world poetry."" -- Jerome Rothenberg, co-editor of Poems for the Millennium ""Vallejo never hoarded his suffering, never saw it as a privilege, as something that fell only on him."" -- Michael Wood - New York Review of Books"

""The greatest universal poet since Dante."" -- Thomas Merton ""Vallejo created a wrenching poetic language for Spanish that radically altered the shape of its imagery and the nature of its rhythms. Vallejo forged a new discourse in order to express his own visceral compassion for human suffering."" -- Edith Grossman - Los Angeles Times Book Review ""Vallejo has emerged for us as the greatest of the great South American poets?a crucial figure in the making of the total body of twentieth-century world poetry."" -- Jerome Rothenberg, co-editor of Poems for the Millennium ""Vallejo never hoarded his suffering, never saw it as a privilege, as something that fell only on him."" -- Michael Wood - New York Review of Books

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César Vallejo (1892 – 1938) was a Peruvian poet, who, although he published just two books during his lifetime, is considered one of the great poetic innovators of the 20th century. Margaret Jull Costa has won countless prizes for her translations from Portuguese and Spanish. Patricio Ferrari is a poet, translator, and editor, and has translated the works of Pessoa and Alejandra Pizarnik among others. Jerónimo Pizarro is Professor at the Universidad de los Andes and holds the Camões Institute Chair of Portuguese Studies in Colombia. Jorge Uribe has edited several editions of Pessoa’s works and translated various Portuguese authors into Spanish.

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