Manuel del Cabral
Manuel del Cabral (born March 7, 1907 in Santiago de los Caballeros , † May 14, 1999 in Santo Domingo ) was a Dominican writer .
Career
He is considered the most important modern poet in his country and, alongside the Cuban Nicolás Guillén , one of the most deserving representatives of the “poesía negra”, who has worked incessantly for the rights of his people. As a teenager he settled in the USA and then lived in various countries as a diplomat. Argentina became his second home through a stay of several years .
In 1992, Cabral was awarded the Premio Nacional de Literatura . So far none of his works have been translated into German.
Works
- Chinchina busca el tiempo . Perlado, Buenos Aires 1945 (Ed. De Colores, Santo Domingo 1998, ISBN 84-89539-64-2 )
- Compadre Mon . Espiral, Colombia 1948
- De este lado del mar . Impresora Dominicana, Ciudad Trujillo 1949
- Antología Tierra (1930-1949) . Ediciones Cultura Hispánica, Madrid 1949
- Carta a Rubén . Madrid 1950
- Los huéspedes secretos . Madrid 1950 (Ed.Corripio, Santo Domingo 1988)
- Segunda antología tierra (1930–1951) . Gráficas García, Madrid 1951
- 30 parabolas . Lucania, Buenos Aires 1956
- Antología clave (1930-1956) . Losada, Buenos Aires 1957
- 14 nudos de amor . Losada, Buenos Aires 1963
- El escupido. Novela . Quintaria, Buenos Aires 1970 (Ed. De Colores, Santo Domingo 1987)
- El presidente negro . Ediciones Carlos Lohlé, Buenos Aires 1973 (Canahuate, Santo Domingo 1990)
- Poemas de amor y sexo . Ediciones de la Flor, Buenos Aires 1974
- Cuentos . Ediciones Orión, Buenos Aires 1976
- Antología tres . Editora Universitaria, Santo Domingo 1987
- Obra poetica completa , Ed. Alfa & Omega, Santo Domingo 1987
- Antologia poetica , E. Biblioteca Nacional, Buenos Aires 1998. ISBN 987-96390-4-9
- Antología de cuentos , E. Biblioteca Nacional, Buenos Aires 1998. ISBN 987-96390-5-7
- editor
- 10 poetas dominicanos. Tres poetas con vida y siete desenterrados . Publicaciones América, Santo Domingo 1980 (contains poems by Gastón Deligne , Fabio Fallo , Domingo Moreno Jiménes , Otilio A. Vigil Díaz , Manuel Llanes , Andrés Avelino , Héctor Incháustegui Cabral , Tomas Hernández Franco , Franklin Mieses Burgos and Juan Sánchez Lamouth )
Secondary literature
- Wena Monica Palmer: Social consciousness and compromiso in selected writings of Manuel del Cabral . University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, 1982
- Manuel Antonio Arango L .: Historia, intrahistoria y compromiso social en siete poetas hispánicos. Rubén Darío, Federico García Lorca, Nicolás Guillén, Manuel del Cabral, Palés Matos, César Vallejo y Pablo Neruda , Lang 2007, ISBN 978-0-8204-8690-1 ( publisher's website )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cabral, Manuel del |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dominican writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santiago de los Caballeros , Dominican Republic |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 1999 |
| Place of death | Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic |