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Antología personal. Poemas recitados por Gioconda Belli
Antología personal de la poetisa Gioconda Belli, recitados por ella misma. Contiene CD
118 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2010
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Gioconda Belli
78 books845 followersGioconda Belli (born December 9, 1948 in Managua, Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguan author, novelist and poet.
Gioconda Belli, partly of Northern Italian descent, was an active participant in the Sandinista struggle against the Somoza dictatorship, and her work for the movement led to her being forced into exile in Mexico in 1975. Returning in 1979 just before the Sandinista victory, she became FSLN's international press liaison in 1982 and the director of State Communications in 1984. During that time she met Charles Castaldi, an American NPR journalist, whom she married in 1987. She has been living in both Managua and Los Angeles since 1990. She has since left the FSLN and is now a major critic of the current government.
Belli graduated from the Royal School of Santa Isabel in Madrid, Spain and studied advertising and journalism in Philadelphia.
In 1988, Belli's book La Mujer Habitada (The Inhabited Woman), a semi-autobiographical novel that raised gender issues for the first time in the Nicaraguan revolutionary narratives, brought her increased attention; this book has been published in several languages and was on the reading list at four universities in the United States. The novel follows two parallel stories: the indigenous resistance to the Spanish and modern insurgency in Central America with various points in common: women's emancipation, passion, and a commitment to liberation. In 2000, she published her autobiography, emphasizing her involvement in the revolutionary movement, El país bajo mi piel, published under the name The Country Under My Skin in the United States; it was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2003. Belli continues publishing and maintains that poetry is her most important work. Belli was the recipient of the Premio de Poesía Mariano Fiallos Gil in 1972 and of the Premio Casa de las Américas in 1978. In 2008 Belli received the Biblioteca Breve Award for her book El infinito en la palma de la mano (Infinity in the Palm of The Hand), an allegory about Adam and Eve in paradise.
Belli's books have been published in numerous languages.
(from Wikipedia)
Gioconda Belli, partly of Northern Italian descent, was an active participant in the Sandinista struggle against the Somoza dictatorship, and her work for the movement led to her being forced into exile in Mexico in 1975. Returning in 1979 just before the Sandinista victory, she became FSLN's international press liaison in 1982 and the director of State Communications in 1984. During that time she met Charles Castaldi, an American NPR journalist, whom she married in 1987. She has been living in both Managua and Los Angeles since 1990. She has since left the FSLN and is now a major critic of the current government.
Belli graduated from the Royal School of Santa Isabel in Madrid, Spain and studied advertising and journalism in Philadelphia.
In 1988, Belli's book La Mujer Habitada (The Inhabited Woman), a semi-autobiographical novel that raised gender issues for the first time in the Nicaraguan revolutionary narratives, brought her increased attention; this book has been published in several languages and was on the reading list at four universities in the United States. The novel follows two parallel stories: the indigenous resistance to the Spanish and modern insurgency in Central America with various points in common: women's emancipation, passion, and a commitment to liberation. In 2000, she published her autobiography, emphasizing her involvement in the revolutionary movement, El país bajo mi piel, published under the name The Country Under My Skin in the United States; it was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2003. Belli continues publishing and maintains that poetry is her most important work. Belli was the recipient of the Premio de Poesía Mariano Fiallos Gil in 1972 and of the Premio Casa de las Américas in 1978. In 2008 Belli received the Biblioteca Breve Award for her book El infinito en la palma de la mano (Infinity in the Palm of The Hand), an allegory about Adam and Eve in paradise.
Belli's books have been published in numerous languages.
(from Wikipedia)
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January 9, 2024
3.5 ✨
Me gustaron varios de sus poemas
Marcan una época específica por ello que se sientan añejos algunos temas que en otra época fueron confrontativos y revolucionarios
Así es como hay que comprender/leer ciertas obras.
Me gustaron varios de sus poemas
Marcan una época específica por ello que se sientan añejos algunos temas que en otra época fueron confrontativos y revolucionarios
Así es como hay que comprender/leer ciertas obras.
April 10, 2019
Qué maravilla acercarse por vez primera a Gioconda Belli y leída por ella misma. Toda su antología personal es tan cercana, tan profunda. Amé este libro.
May 22, 2020
Decepcionante
November 20, 2019
Más un 3.5, aunque en principio le iba a dar solo 3.
Con algunos poemas se veía que su visión de la mujer, del feminismo, era más integradora e igualitaria, que radical, como si no pretendiese hacer un análisis o profundizar en un aspecto sino simplemente decir "todos somos personas, así que vamos a querernos", por ello no me sentía muy cómoda leyendo algo tan conformista y simple.
Pero al final, hubo algunos poemas, e incluso textos, en los que hablaba con un sentimiento tan intenso de querer defender sus derechos como mujer, que no pude no sentirme identificada. El derecho al aborto, al sexo consentido y, sobre todo, deseado, la libertad en todas sus facetas, el amor hacia una misma y hacia la vida... Qué bonito, te lo decía todo con unas imágenes originales y preciosas. Gioconda sí sabe escribir poesía.
Con algunos poemas se veía que su visión de la mujer, del feminismo, era más integradora e igualitaria, que radical, como si no pretendiese hacer un análisis o profundizar en un aspecto sino simplemente decir "todos somos personas, así que vamos a querernos", por ello no me sentía muy cómoda leyendo algo tan conformista y simple.
Pero al final, hubo algunos poemas, e incluso textos, en los que hablaba con un sentimiento tan intenso de querer defender sus derechos como mujer, que no pude no sentirme identificada. El derecho al aborto, al sexo consentido y, sobre todo, deseado, la libertad en todas sus facetas, el amor hacia una misma y hacia la vida... Qué bonito, te lo decía todo con unas imágenes originales y preciosas. Gioconda sí sabe escribir poesía.
October 10, 2024
Antología leída por la misma autora. Se trata de una selección de su obra poética erótica que va de la cachondería al reclamo con toque humorístico. Una autora de bellos y logrados versos, pero de pocos poemas rotundos.
January 18, 2020
Los poemas sobre maternidades que se incluyen son muy lindos.
June 17, 2023
Seductora, la voz de Gioconda nos sumerge en su mundo que es mi mundo, el de todos!
December 28, 2023
Tan irrelevante... 🤷🏻♀️
January 2, 2025
Extraordinaria manera de comenzar el año,
July 17, 2025
Su poesía desde una mirada femenina y concreta me envolvió y movió en mi sentimientos intensos.
June 11, 2024
Poesía cotidiana, breve, bella.
Delicioso escuchar a la autora leyendo su propia poesía. Quien mejor para dotar de intención a la obra.
Delicioso escuchar a la autora leyendo su propia poesía. Quien mejor para dotar de intención a la obra.
May 16, 2024
3.5
Esta muy cool
Esta muy cool
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