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Contubernio de espejos
Salvador Elizondo escribió entre 1960 y 1964 un total de cuarenta y cinco poemas que permanecieron inéditos durante más de cuatro décadas agrupados bajo un nombre en común: Contubernio de espejos. El amor, la juventud, la memoria ocupan lugares primordiales en estos versos que, sin duda, ocuparán un primerísimo lugar en la obra del autor y que se incorporan a la colección Poesía como un testimonio de la riqueza literaria de un autor consagrado.
81 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2012
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Salvador Elizondo
61 books68 followersSalvador Elizondo Alcalde was a Mexican writer of the 60s Generation of Mexican literature.
Regarded as one of the creators of the most influential cult noirè, exeprimental, intelligent style literature in Latin America, he wrote as a novelist, poet, critic, playwright, and journalist. His most famous novels are Farabeuf (1965) and El hipogeo Secreto (1968). He is also known for El grafógrafo (1972) which is a series of short texts based on linguistic abbreviatory experimentation.
His style is considered innovative among Mexican contemporary literature for introducing a cosmopolitan view of language and narrative, bringing elements from external literary currents and languages to a refined dialogue of thought and communication. His technique is considered rather unrealistic and proto-fictional, as opposed to magical realism. His works are associated with writers such as Ezra Pound, James Joyce, Julio Cortázar, Juan Rulfo and Georges Bataille. He was also a Professor at UNAM for 25 years and received many international grants, such as the Guggenheim and Rockefeller, and was the recipient of the 1990 national prize of literature. Elizondo died in Mexico City on March 29, 2006, of cancer. His funeral was held at the palacio de Bellas Artes.
Regarded as one of the creators of the most influential cult noirè, exeprimental, intelligent style literature in Latin America, he wrote as a novelist, poet, critic, playwright, and journalist. His most famous novels are Farabeuf (1965) and El hipogeo Secreto (1968). He is also known for El grafógrafo (1972) which is a series of short texts based on linguistic abbreviatory experimentation.
His style is considered innovative among Mexican contemporary literature for introducing a cosmopolitan view of language and narrative, bringing elements from external literary currents and languages to a refined dialogue of thought and communication. His technique is considered rather unrealistic and proto-fictional, as opposed to magical realism. His works are associated with writers such as Ezra Pound, James Joyce, Julio Cortázar, Juan Rulfo and Georges Bataille. He was also a Professor at UNAM for 25 years and received many international grants, such as the Guggenheim and Rockefeller, and was the recipient of the 1990 national prize of literature. Elizondo died in Mexico City on March 29, 2006, of cancer. His funeral was held at the palacio de Bellas Artes.
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January 26, 2016
Poemas que no habían visto la luz, pero porque ya traían un chingo adentro. Respetaba a Elizondo como narrador, pero su poesía está de no mamar, tan simple como:
COITO
Larga noche infinita;
infinitesimal zafarrancho de pétalos
en la quietud del cardo.
La noche cabrestea en tus senso
como una bestia herida
jadeando lentamente hacia el confín del alba.
Si eso no les lleva a leer a Elizondo son unos desalmados y merecen arder en un infierno sin Farabeuf.
COITO
Larga noche infinita;
infinitesimal zafarrancho de pétalos
en la quietud del cardo.
La noche cabrestea en tus senso
como una bestia herida
jadeando lentamente hacia el confín del alba.
Si eso no les lleva a leer a Elizondo son unos desalmados y merecen arder en un infierno sin Farabeuf.
March 4, 2025
Me costó mucho conectar con estos poemas. Una vezmás confirmo que Elizondo es el presuntuoso más grande de la literatura mexicana: sus rimas me parecen muy artificiales, muy forzadas al soneto o a modelos rítmicos del barroco, y los temas, super rancios (¿qué necesidad hay de que las mujeres de todos lospoemas acaben muertas?).
Rescataría, tal vez, 7 versos.
Rescataría, tal vez, 7 versos.
April 8, 2015
«Y en el quicio inseguro
en que tiembla tu última palabra,
sobre la cal del muro
tu desamor ya labra
la forma de los cuernos de la cabra.» Salvador Elizondo
en que tiembla tu última palabra,
sobre la cal del muro
tu desamor ya labra
la forma de los cuernos de la cabra.» Salvador Elizondo
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