Black Tulips: The Selected Poems of Jose Maria Hinojosa

by Jose Maria Hinojosa, Mark Statman (Translator)

Overview

Black Tulips is a selection from the poetry of Jose Maria Hinojosa, the first English translation of a well-known poet of Spain's famed Generation of '27, which included Lorca, Dalí, Buñuel, Alberti,
Aleixandre and Hernandez. His right wing politics caused him to break with the group during the Spanish Republic. He was assassinated by Republican sympathizers in 1936 and his writing disappeared from Spanish culture until the end of the 20th century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608010899
Publisher:	UNO Press
Publication date:	10/15/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	660 KB

About the Author

Mark Statman's recent books are the poetry collection, Tourist at a Miracle (Hanging Loose, 2010), and, with Pablo Medina, Federico Garcia Lorca's Poet in New York (Grove, 2008). His work has been published in numerous publications and anthologies. He is Associate Professor of Literary Studies at Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts.

Jose Maria Hinojosa was a well-known poet is Spain's famed Generation of '27, which included Lorca, Dali, Bunuel, Alberti, Aleixandre, and Hernandez. His surrealist poetry contrasted with his right-wing politics, causing him to break with the group during the Spanish Republic. He was assassinated by Republican sympathizers in 1936 and his writing disappeared from Spanish culture until the end of the 20th century.