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Literary Program
"Cry to Rome", a poem by Federico García Lorca. Published in native languages
Literary Program
"Cry to Rome", a poem by Federico García Lorca. Published in native languages
On the occasion of Spain's presence as the Guest of Honor at the Guadalajara International Book Fair, the Instituto Cervantes and the National Autonomous University of Mexico are presenting the special multilingual edition of the poem "Grito hacia Roma" by Federico García Lorca, which is part of his body of poems "Poeta en Nueva York. It expresses the poet's shock after experiencing the enormous social and racial inequalities in the United States during the 1929 crisis.
This volume is co-published by the Instituto Cervantes and the UNAM, with the collaboration of the Federico García Lorca Foundation; the Ministry of Culture's General Directorate of Books, Comics and Reading; the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation; and the Organization of Ibero-American States. It brings together a selection of native languages from communities in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela and Chile, among others, as an example of interculturalism, plurality and respect for the native languages that coexist with the Spanish language. The poem has an introductory text by the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez; texts by Luis García Montero, director of the Instituto Cervantes, and Leonardo Lomelí Vanegas, Dean of the UNAM; and an epilogue by the writer Rosa Beltrán, all included in this edition published and distributed in Mexico and which will be distributed in other countries.
The poem has been translated into the following languages: Quechua, Guarani, Nahuatl, Aymara, Mayan, Wayuu, Tzotzil, Mixtec, Zapotec, Kaqchikel, Otomi, Mapuche, Totonac, Mazatecan, Mazahua, Purépecha, Mixe, Nasa Yuwe, Sikuani, Warao, Zoque, Pemon, Kogui, Nam trik, Iku, Desano and Tuyuca.
During the course of the event, poems will be read in Quechua, Guarani, Nahuatl, Mayan, Wayuu, Nasa Yuwe, Zapotec and Mapuche, among other languages, by their translators.
The event will feature Luis García Montero, director of the Instituto Cervantes; Leonardo Lomelí Vanegas, Dean of the UNAM; and the translators of the poem in the different languages of the publication.
Literary Program
"Cry to Rome", a poem by Federico García Lorca. Published in native languages
On the occasion of Spain's presence as the Guest of Honor at the Guadalajara International Book Fair, the Instituto Cervantes and the National Autonomous University of Mexico are presenting the special multilingual edition of the poem "Grito hacia Roma" by Federico García Lorca, which is part of his body of poems "Poeta en Nueva York. It expresses the poet's shock after experiencing the enormous social and racial inequalities in the United States during the 1929 crisis.
This volume is co-published by the Instituto Cervantes and the UNAM, with the collaboration of the Federico García Lorca Foundation; the Ministry of Culture's General Directorate of Books, Comics and Reading; the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation; and the Organization of Ibero-American States. It brings together a selection of native languages from communities in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela and Chile, among others, as an example of interculturalism, plurality and respect for the native languages that coexist with the Spanish language. The poem has an introductory text by the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez; texts by Luis García Montero, director of the Instituto Cervantes, and Leonardo Lomelí Vanegas, Dean of the UNAM; and an epilogue by the writer Rosa Beltrán, all included in this edition published and distributed in Mexico and which will be distributed in other countries.
The poem has been translated into the following languages: Quechua, Guarani, Nahuatl, Aymara, Mayan, Wayuu, Tzotzil, Mixtec, Zapotec, Kaqchikel, Otomi, Mapuche, Totonac, Mazatecan, Mazahua, Purépecha, Mixe, Nasa Yuwe, Sikuani, Warao, Zoque, Pemon, Kogui, Nam trik, Iku, Desano and Tuyuca.
During the course of the event, poems will be read in Quechua, Guarani, Nahuatl, Mayan, Wayuu, Nasa Yuwe, Zapotec and Mapuche, among other languages, by their translators.
The event will feature Luis García Montero, director of the Instituto Cervantes; Leonardo Lomelí Vanegas, Dean of the UNAM; and the translators of the poem in the different languages of the publication.
Participants: Luis García Montero, Leonardo Lomelí Vanegas
