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The Griffin Poetry Prize is the world's largest prize for poetry written or translated in English. This year, it went to “Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence,” which was written in Spanish by the Mexican poet Homero Aridjis and translated into English by the Canadian poet George McWhirter. Tom catches up with George to talk about his big win, his collaboration with Homero, and the art of translation.
Hola amigos, un poco antes de que termine este mes de abril, te ofrecemos el programa de autores de este mes, donde como cada episodio nos trasladaremos por el mundo literario, escuchando acerca del gran Milan Kundera y la famosa obra la insoportable levedad del ser, hasta el teatro de uno de los más, sino es que el mas importante dramaturgo de la historia del arte, William Shakespeare, México no se podría quedar atrás y nos presenta al poeta y ecologista Homero Aridjis, es decir, amigos como cada mes un programa rico en conocimientos y de literatura que para aquellos amantes del arte resulta una excelente degustación. Bien, pues como siempre, estamos aquí aprendiendo, creciendo con nuestra audiencia y enfocados en unirnos por el arte y la literatura. Contacto: elbuencruel@gmail.com
From two award-winning artists and filmmakers, a magical illustrated fable about a Mexican-American girl and her mystical bond with the revered monarch butterfly—MONARCA is a book about the love for our planet, a recognition of one's heritage…and an environmental call to action! Eva Aridjis is a Mexican-American filmmaker and writer. She wrote and directed the narrative features The Favor and The Blue Eyes and the documentary features Children of the Street, La Santa Muerte, Chuy The Wolf Man, and Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus. She also wrote on Narcos: Mexico. Her award-winning films have screened at festivals around the world and have been nominated for Mexican Academy Awards. Eva is the daughter of Mexican poet and environmentalist Homero Aridjis, whose activism led to the creation of the monarch butterfly sanctuaries in Michoacán. For more information go to http://www.evaaridjis.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tntbsmedia/message
Según el conocido poeta Homero Aridjis, la historia de la poesía es la historia de la naturaleza. No así, en su caso también es la historia de una conciencia ecológica enmarcada dentro de la tradición literaria mexicana. Sucesor de poetas como José Gorostiza, Octavio Paz y José Emilio Pacheco; Homero Aridjis ha sido también embajador de México ante la UNESCO y un prominente activista ecológico a través de la presidencia del Grupo de los 100. Aridjis ha ayudado a proteger a habitats naturales de criaturas tan diversas como la mariposa Monarca y la ballena gris; y a esta última sin ni siquiera saber nadar. Conversamos con él y nos leyó un par de sus poemas desde su residencia en Nueva York. Con Enrique Zattara y Juan Toledo
Vivimos en la era de la identidad. En todo el mundo, las personas se preguntan quiénes son, a qué grupos pertenecen y qué significa la identidad para su vida comunitaria. América Latina no es la excepción y no está libre de estos debates. A causa de la disrupción de las últimas tres décadas, de la globalización y de la digitalización, las certezas previas del mundo se han disuelto. El investigador Alexander Görlach entrevista a personas expertas de diferentes países sobre la cuestión de la identidad. Les pregunta sobre el estado de las identidades en Latinoamérica y el resto del mundo. Sobre la vinculación que hay entre democracia liberal e identidad. Sobre qué categorías son válidas hoy día para seguir reflexionando sobre el tema. En el episodio de hoy retomamos estas preguntas y las ponemos Bajo la Lupa.Participan:Camila Perochena, historiadora y profesora de la Universidad Torcuato di Tella.Homero Aridjis, poeta, novelista, activista ambiental y diplomático.Alexander Görlach, investigador y doctor en Religión Comparada y en Linguística.El paper se puede descargar aquí: Diversamente occidentales. Entrevistas sobre identidad y política en América Latina Bajo la Lupa es un podcast de Diálogo político. Un proyecto de la Fundación Konrad Adenauer. Conducción y realización: Franco Delle Donne y Rombo Podcasts.Visita dialogopolitico.org
En este capítulo te cuento un poco de las novedades que a traído el mes de abril y te platico de los libros que leí el mes de marzo. Libros mencionados en el capítulo: "Poesía completa Tomo I" de Pablo Neruda, "El Decamerón" de Giovanni Boccaccio, "Formas de volver a casa" de Alejandro Zambra, "La Bailarina de Auschwitz" de Edith Eger, "Un mundo feliz" de Aldous Huxley, "El llano en llamas" de Juan Rulfo y "Las montañas de las mariposas" de Homero Aridjis
Con un lenguaje ajedrecístico, el libro narra los amores y desamores de poetas, escritores pintores y grandes figuras de México
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On this episode, Sofia and Julia talk to Mexican ecopoet, activist, and ex-diplomat, Homero Aridjis! They discuss the symbolism of nature, the importance of working with artists, and how a bright butterfly from Homero's childhood inspired him to act for nature. Full transcript available here: https://conservationoptimism.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Good-Natured_Episode-10_Homero-Aridjis_Transcript.pdf.
Popul Vuh: A Retelling is an inspired and urgent prose retelling of the Mayan myth of creation by acclaimed Latin American author and scholar Ilan Stavans, gorgeously illustrated by Salvadoran folk artist Gabriela Larios and introduced by renowned author, diplomat, and environmental activist Homero Aridjis. The archetypal creation story of Latin America, the Popul Vuh began as a Maya oral tradition millennia ago. In the mid-sixteenth century, as indigenous cultures across the continent were being threatened with destruction by European conquest and Christianity, it was written down in verse by members of the K’iche’ nobility in what is today Guatemala. In 1701, that text was translated into Spanish by a Dominican friar and ethnographer before vanishing mysteriously. Cosmic in scope and yet intimately human, the Popul Vuh offers invaluable insight into the Maya way of life before being decimated by colonization-their code of ethics, their views on death and the afterlife, and their devotion to passion, courage and the natural world. It tells the story of how the world was created in a series of rehearsals that included wooden dummies, demi-gods, and eventually humans. It describes the underworld, Xibalba-a place as harrowing as Danta’s hell-and relates the legend of the ultimate king, who, in the face of tragedy, became a spirit that accompanies his people in their struggle for survival. Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities, Latin America and Latino Culture at Amherst College and the publisher of Restless Books. He is a prolific translator, author, and public intellectual. The post A Mayan Creation Story – Ep 82 with Ilan Stavans appeared first on Read Learn Live Podcast.
Episode Twenty-Six features Mexican-French emerging artist Alexis de Chaunac. He was born in New York City and raised in Mexico City and Paris. As a child living in Mexico, he grew up surrounded by his mother’s family and his grandparent’s friends which included Mexican artists, intellectuals, historians, poets, diplomats, and writers. These brilliant minds had a profound impact on Alexis at an early age and as a result he draws from subjects such as literature, religion, art history and politics which overlap with his interests that include natural sciences, biology and botany. In April 2019, he exhibited at Sargent’s Daughters Gallery in New York. Alexis has also exhibited through group and solo shows in major museums in Mexico (Museo Carrillo Gil, Pinacoteca Diego Rivera) and at Zona MACO art fair in Mexico City. After receiving his BA from Sarah Lawrence College, Alexis is currently pursuing his MFA in the Painting and Drawing department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Below are several links about Alexis de Chaunac’s work and those that influenced him as a child. Also included is the Jerry Saltz New York Magazine story stating that the exhibition “Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945” at the Whitney Museum was one of the most relevant shows of the 21st century. Enjoy. https://www.alexisdechaunac.com/ http://columbiajournal.org/years-friendship-alexis-de-chaunac/ https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-how-trilingual-painter-alexis-de-chaunac-wrestles-with https://www.whitewall.art/art/alexis-de-chaunac-a-dance-with-life-death https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/vida-americana-the-most-relevant-show-of-the-21st-century.html Influencers include https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Cuevas https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/08/archives/cuevas-displays-his-mastery-of-line.html https://hammer.ucla.edu/radical-women/artists/ximena-cuevas https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7533624/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavio_Paz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homero_Aridjis
En el quinto programa de Trincheras de la Cultura Pop, Elisa McCausland y Diego Salgado, acompañados por Jordi Costa, se pasean por las zonas al margen, en la sombra de lo mayoritario, que pueden llegar por sorpresa a fijar sus contornos de manera más precisa que cuando lo analizamos desde el interior: lo contracultural, lo underground, lo invisible y hasta la ética y la estética de la desaparición, en un programa en el que también hay espacio para debatir el sentido mismo de la crítica y el análisis cultural en un presente de ruido y furia como el que vivimos. Bibliografía: Jordi Costa, Cómo acabar con la Contracultura: Una historia subterránea de España - https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20180611/entrevista-jordi-costa-autor-como-acabar-con-la-contracultura-6870608. Frédéric Martel, Cultura Mainstream: Cómo nacen los fenómenos de masas - https://haciendoelpino.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/entrevista-a-frederic-martel-autor-de-cultura-mainstream-hay-una-guerra-mundial-por-la-cultura-de-masas/. Homero Aridjis, Los Invisibles - https://www.fce.com.ar/ar/libros/detalles.aspx?IDL=6826. Ignacio Pablo Rico, “Viva la madurez y viva el vino: Book Club”, en Guía del Ocio, https://www.guiadelocio.com/cine/archivo-peliculas/book-club/criticas/viva-la-madurez-y-viva-el-vino. Teresa Villaverde, “Sobrevivir al feminismo de masas: Guía de cultura mainstream”, en Píkara Magazine, http://www.pikaramagazine.com/2017/09/sobrevivir-al-feminismo-de-masas-guia-de-cultura-mainstream/. Iratxe Jaio & Klaas van Gorkum (coords.), Quédense dentro y cierren las ventanas: Sociedad de consumo y apocalipsis zombi, https://www.consonni.org/es/publicacion/quedense-dentro-y-cierren-las-ventanas.
photo by George Peper Caroline is enthused to welcome back Dick Russell and his crucial pertinent book “Horsemen of the Apocalypse: The Men Who Are Destroying Life On Earth – and What It Means For Our Children,” an in-depth investigation into the energy moguls most responsible for the climate change crisis facing our civilization. May a Renaissance of Sane Reverence eclipse the on-going Dystopian Death by Dementors of Doom! Dick Russell has published thirteen books on subjects ranging from natural history (“Eye of the Whale”) to the assassination of President Kennedy. For most of the past twenty years, the primary focus of Dick Russell's magazine writing and personal activism has been the environment – particularly the crisis impacting the world's fisheries and oceans. http://dickrussell.org/ “Dick Russell and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., have brilliantly laid bare the horsemen of the apocalypse and their cronies who are now steering the American ship of state and are bent on committing hara-kiri on the agreements, agencies, and regulations that are a bulwark against their own country's and the world's plunge into disaster.” —HOMERO ARIDJIS, Mexican poet, novelist, ambassador, and environmental activist; president emeritus of PEN International “Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a mind-opening exposé of the roots and branches of fossil fuel zealots, their campaigns of misinformation, and the rebellion of their descendants. It shows how the misuse of wealth and power can undermine democracy, threaten the health of the planet, and neglect our moral responsibility to future generations.” —SHELDON KRIMSKY, PhD, Lenore Stern Professor of Humanities & Social Sciences, adjunct professor of public health and community medicine, Tufts University, and author of Stem Cell Dialogues: A Philosophical and Scientific Inquiry into Medical Frontiers The post The Visionary Activist Show – May a Renaissance of Sane Reverence Eclipse Dystopia appeared first on KPFA.
Join Carlos Vazquez as he explores U.S. & Cuban relations with Professor Lopez. Professor Lopez has published extensively in his field, most recently on the late Cuban author Virgilio Piñera, recent developments in Latin American genre fiction, and the work of Mexican poet and novelist Homero Aridjis. He also presents widely at international conferences, most recently at the XXV CANELA Conference in Tokyo, the XXXIX Congress of the IILI in Cadiz, Spain, and the XXX Congress of LASA in San Francisco. López was recently commissioned to translate the Pulitzer-prize winning play Anna in the Tropics for Teatro El Público in Havana, Cuba. His recent translations of work by the novelists Rodrigo Rey Rosa and Homero Aridjis will soon be appearing in print. López has also led study abroad programs to Cuba and Perú. His work in this field earned him The University of Tampa's International Service Award in 2009. - See more at: http://www.ut.edu/JamesLopez/#sthash.2X4kR32x.dpuf
The Child Poet is an evocative memoir of a child’s dreams, in a stunning translation by the author’s daughter. A celebration of the poet’s life before 1951. Imminent fatherhood helped revive memories that had, for two decades, lain dormant. This work, narrated in a succession of interconnected vignettes, provides a portrait of Homero Aridjis in his pre-poet years. A child at a time when sights and sensations were still delivered at their purest, when each day brought new perceptions of his mother and his father, when every villager in Contepec formed part of a personal mythology. It was a time when shadows were palpable and light had a sound of its own.
Sep. 5, 2015. Mexican poet Homero Aridjis discusses the role of a poet in intellectual life with Gwen Kirkpatrick at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Speaker Biography: One of Latin America's foremost literary figures, Homero Aridjis is a writer of poetry, novels and nonfiction who is also well known as an environmental activist, diplomat and former president of PEN International. He has published 47 books of poetry and prose, and his works have been translated into 15 languages. His latest collection of poems available in English is "Solar Poems," and some of his other recent titles are "Eyes to See Otherwise" and "A Time of Angels." Aridjis has been an editorial columnist at La Jornada, Reforma and El Universal, and has published hundreds of articles on environmental, political and literary subjects. He has also organized the Group of 100 and several symposia which gathered prominent artists, writers and intellectuals worldwide to protect the environment and biodiversity, raise environmental awareness and defend freedom of expression. He has received various honors and awards, including two Guggenheim and several other fellowships, the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize, the Diana-Novedades Prize, the Grinzane Cavour Prize, the Roger Caillois Prize, the Smederevo Golden Key for Poetry, the Erendira State Prize for the Arts, Italy's International Prize for Poetry and the Natural Resources Defense Council Force for Nature Award. Aridjis has served as Mexico's ambassador to the Netherlands and Switzerland as well as UNESCO, and taught as a visiting professor at Indiana University, New York University, Columbia University and the University of California-Irvine. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6968
Mesa redonda con la participación de Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Julio Patán y Jorge Volpi comentan el libro Retratos de escritores mexicanos con fotografías de Daniel Mordzinsky, textos de Gastón Garcia y con prólogo de J.M.G. Le Clézio y Homero Aridjis.