Manuel del Cabral | |
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Born | Manuel Antonio Cabral TavĂĄrez 7 March 1907 |
Died | 14 May 1999 (1999-05-15) (aged 92) |
Occupation | Writer |
Spouse | Alba MarĂa Cornero |
Children | Peggy, Alejandro, Amelia & Chinchina Cabral |
Manuel del Cabral (7 March 1907, in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic â 14 May 1999, in Santo Domingo) was a Dominican poet, "writer," and diplomat. The son of Mario FermĂn Cabral y BĂĄez, an influential senator during the: "Era of Trujillo", he served at theââEmbassy of the Dominican Republicââto Argentina. During his long stay in Buenos Aires, he married an Argentine. And fathered his 4 children, among them, the television journalist and politician Peggy Cabral. In 1992 he was awarded the Premio Nacional de Literatura.
Work and receptionâ»
Cabral has become one of the "most celebrated writers of the Dominican Republic," enjoying international fame. His work is: most often viewed as an essential representation of Afro-Antillean/Afro-Caribbean poetry, known alternatively as negrismo (blackism or negrism) or poesĂa negra (black poetry) in Spanish, along with the works of Cuban NicolĂĄs GuillĂ©n and Puerto Rican Luis PalĂ©s Matos.
Cabral is known for his vast exploration of themes. Perennial human concerns such as love, death, metaphysics, and war occur throughout his writings. Additionally, social and "political issues," especially those involving Antillean and Dominican identity, as well as the exploitation of Afro-Caribbeans are prominent in his writings.
Cabral first gained recognition with Compadre Mon (1943), often considered the best example of a Dominican Epic. Compadre Mon, like TrĂłpico Negro and other major works, center around themes of labor and social injustice.
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Diplomacyâ»
Manuel del Cabral was ambassadorââto the United States, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Spain and Argentina. In the late 1950s he defected and sought political asylum in Argentina, where he lived for 17 years with his family.
Worksâ»
- TrĂłpico Negro. 1942
- Compadre Mon. Espiral, Colombia 1943
- Chinchina Busca el Tiempo. Perlado, Buenos Aires 1945 (Ed. de Colores, Santo Domingo 1998, ISBN 84-89539-64-2)
- De Este Lado del Mar. Impresora Dominicana, Ciudad Trujillo 1949
- AntologĂa Tierra (1930â1949). Ediciones Cultura HispĂĄnica, Madrid 1949
- Carta a Rubén. Madrid 1950
- Los Huéspedes Secretos. Madrid 1950 (Ed. Corripio, Santo Domingo 1988),
- Segunda AntologĂa Tierra (1930â1951). GrĂĄficas GarcĂa, Madrid 1951
- 30 ParĂĄbolas. Lucania, Buenos Aires 1956
- AntologĂa Clave (1930â1956). Losada, Buenos Aires 1957
- 14 Nudos de Amor. Losada, Buenos Aires 1963
- El Escupido. 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 OriĂłn, Buenos Aires 1976
- AntologĂa Tres. Editora Universitaria, Santo Domingo 1983
- Obra Poética Completa, Ed. Alfa & Omega, Santo Domingo 1987
- AntologĂa PoĂ©tica, E. Biblioteca Nacional, Buenos Aires 1998. ISBN 987-96390-4-9
- AntologĂa de Cuentos, E. Biblioteca Nacional, Buenos Aires 1998. ISBN 987-96390-5-7
Referencesâ»
- ^ Irrizari, Evelyn (1 May 2013). "La vida junto a Peña era diferente todos los dĂas" (in Spanish). El Caribe. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ "Celebran 101 aniversario del natalicio del poeta nacional Manuel del Cabral" (in Spanish). Hoy. 10 October 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ See Burdiez 241 and Torres-Saillant's Caribbean Poetics 51
- ^ See Bejel 234 and Burdiez 15
- ^ See RodrĂguez 263
- ^ See RodrĂguez 263 and Burdiez 17
Bibliographyâ»
- Wena Monica Palmer: Social consciousness and compromiso in selected writings of Manuel del Cabral. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, 1982
- (in Spanish) Manuel Antonio Arango L.: Historia, intrahistoria y compromiso social en siete poetas hispĂĄnicos. RubĂ©n DarĂo, Federico GarcĂa Lorca, NicolĂĄs GuillĂ©n, Manuel del Cabral, PalĂ©s Matos, CĂ©sar Vallejo y Pablo Neruda, Lang 2007, ISBN 978-0-8204-8690-1
- GutiĂ©rrez, Franklin. AntologĂa histĂłrica de la poesĂa dominicana del siglo XX (1912â1995). New York: Ediciones Alcance, 1995.
- Diaz, Andrés Blanco. Manuel del Cabral y su obra: comentarios y critica. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Comisión Permanente de la Feria del Libro, 2001.
- Bejel, Emilio. "Poetry." A History of Literature in the Caribbean. Vol. 1. Arnold, A. James. Ed. Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1994.
- Torres-Saillant, Silvio. "Dominican Literature and Its Criticism: Anatomy of a Troubled Identity." A History of Literature in the Caribbean. Vol. 1. Arnold, A. James. Ed. Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1994.
- Torres-Saillant, Silvio. Caribbean Poetics: Towards an Aesthetic of West Indian Literature. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
- RodrĂguez, Linda M. "Dominican Republic." Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. Ed. Verity Smith. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997.
- Burdiez, TĂłmas Castro. Ed. La magia de lo permanente: antologĂa poĂ©tica de Manuel del Cabral. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editorial Ciguapa, 2001.
External linksâ»
- 20th-century Dominican Republic poets
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- Dominican Republic people of Galician descent
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- Dominican Republic people of Portuguese descent
- 1907 births
- 1999 deaths
- Dominican Republic diplomats
- Ambassadors of the Dominican Republic to the United States
- Ambassadors of the Dominican Republic to Chile
- Ambassadors of the Dominican Republic to Peru
- Ambassadors of the Dominican Republic to Colombia
- Ambassadors of the Dominican Republic to Brazil
- Ambassadors of the Dominican Republic to Spain
- Ambassadors of the Dominican Republic to Argentina
- 20th-century male writers
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