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by Ida Vitale (Author)
Una joya literaria inédita en España, por una de las escritoras más reconocidas de la literatura en español, ganadora de los premios Cervantes, FIL Guadalajara y Reina Sofía
«Es al mismo tiempo intelectual y popular, universal y personal, transparente y honda. Un referente fundamental para poetas de todas las generaciones y en todos los rincones del español . -Acta del jurado del Premio Cervantes
Publicado originalmente en 1996 e inédito en España hasta el momento, este hermoso libro de Ida Vitale, situado a medio camino entre la prosa y la poesía, reúne cuentos, fábulas y alegorías que conforman una suerte de bestiario humano en el que la premio Cervantes uruguaya revisita algunos mitos clásicos y da cabida a la fantasía de aliento borgiano.
"It is at the same time intellectual and popular, universal and personal, clear and deep. An essential reference to poets of all generations, in every Spanish-speaking corner of the world." --Statement of the Cervantes Prize jury First published in 1996 and unpublished in Spain until now, this beautiful book by Ida Vitale, halfway between prose and poetry, has short stories, fables, and allegories composing a sort of human bestiary in which the Uruguayan author, awarded the Cervantes Prize, revisits some of the classic myths and gives room to fantasy with a Borgesian air. With formal perfection, a smart use of irony, and a masterful use of all expressive possibilities in the Spanish language, the author dazzles once again with these unsettling stories concerning beauty, pain, mystery, and the profound matter of existence. Where the Chameleon Flies definitely is a small gem that not only welds together a poetic work, but a way to look at life.
Author Biography
Ida Vitale, nacida en 1923 en Montevideo, puerto de Lau - tréamont, Supervielle y La forgue, donde estudió humanidades y fue docente de literatura hasta los años setenta. Muy precozmente vaticinaron su destino, un poema de Gabriela Mistral, la fascinación legada por el mundo natural, y la guía de José Bergamín (que escribió sobre ella en 1947: «das fuego a sombra, en la ceniza llama, / asombras si iluminas, verde rama»). Las adversidades políticas la forzaron, como a tantos otros intelectuales, al exilio: residió en México de 1974 a 1984 con su marido, el poeta y profesor Enrique Fierro, y aunque con él volvió unos pocos años al Uruguay, a finales de los ochenta se estableció en Austin, Texas. Desde 2018 reside de nuevo en Montevideo. Juan Ramón Jiménez, otra influencia decisiva en su obra, afirmó al recibir su segundo poemario, Palabra dada, que había llenado su nombre de misterio y encanto, y la incluyó, por su «penetración naturalísima», en una proyectada antología escondida de poetas jóvenes. En una trayectoria más intensa que extensa, desde los años cincuenta Ida Vitale ha publicado poesía, crítica -sobre Felisberto Hernández o Enrique Casaravilla Lemos- varia invención y prestigiadas traducciones -de Mario Praz o Jules Supervielle-, y colaborado en importantes revistas de la América hispana, como Marcha, Eco, Plural o Vuelta. Publicó su primer libro, La luz de esta memoria, Vitale en 1949, y con ello se convirtió en una de las poetas centrales del fundamental y fundacional grupo de escritores que Emir Rodríguez Monegal denominara la Generación del 45. Buena parte de su producción lírica se publicó en Poesía reunida en 2017. Su prosa, aguda y ligera, de penetrante originalidad, puede leerse en Léxico de afinidades, Donde vuela el camaleón, De plantas y animales, El ABC de Byobu [y Shakespeare Palace]. El destino de su obra poética se ha visto reconocido con el Premio Nacional y un doctorado honoris causa en el Uruguay, el Premio Octavio Paz y el Alfonso Reyes en México, el Premio Reina Sofía y el Federico García Lorca en España, el Max Jacob en Francia y ahora el Premio de Literatura en Lenguas Romances que otorga la Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara. El gran poeta colombiano Álvaro Mutis envidiaba al lector que comenzara a frecuentar la obra de Ida Vitale, pues le espera un placer que no se sospecha. En 2018 fue galardonada con el Premio Cervantes por su trayectoria literaria.
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