Amorgos Notebook

by Elsa Cross, Luis Ingelmo (Translation), Tony Frazer (Translation)

Cross Elsa

98 pages, Paperback

Published April 18, 2018

About the author

Elsa Cross (born March 6, 1946 in Mexico City), is a contemporary Spanish-language Mexican writer perhaps best known for her poetry. She has also published translations, philosophical essays and is known as an authority on Indian philosophy.

She has a doctorate in Philosophy and Letters from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and is currently a professor in that Faculty.

In 1990, she was awarded the Premio Nacional de Poesía Aguascalientes for her book of poems El diván de Antar. She is also the recipient of the Premio Nacional de Poesía Jaime Sabines (in 1992).

According to Octavio Paz, Elsa Cross is one of the most personal voices in recent Latin-American poetry. Her work, already considerable, includes some of the most perfect poems of the last generation of Mexican writers. I say voice and not poetic writing since poetry, although written, must always be spoken. Two opposing notes reconcile harmoniously in Elsa Cross: the complexity of her thought and the clarity of her diction.

Reviews

[Puri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Muy onírico, nocturno. Lo revisamos en clase de poesía escrita por mujeres

[Brian Brogan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent