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Jidi Majia (1961) je básníkem píšícím čínsky, kulturně však vychází z osobitého světa, který se také díky geografické izolaci sinizaci po staletí úspěšně bránil. Jidi Majia je Nuosu, příslušník etnika, jejichž totemovým zvířetem je orel, etnika obývajícího rozsáhlé převážně horské území tzv. Chladných hor na jihozápadě Číny, oblast, jež sousedí na severovýchodě s chanskou Říší středu a na jihozápadě s Tibetem. Nuosuové mají dodnes vlastní jazyk a písmo, jsou hrdí na své mýty, víru i hrdinskou minulost nezávislých kmenů. Nositeli kultury jsou takzvaní bimové, vzdělaní šamani, znalci starého jazyka a klasických spisů, rádci ve všech důležitých záležitostech a hlavně v otázkách života a smrti.
264 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2015
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Jidi Majia
42 books4 followersJidi Majia (simplified Chinese: 吉狄马加, traditional Chinese: 吉狄馬加, pinyin: Jídí mǎjiā) is Chinese poet and a lieutenant governor of Qinghai province from 2006 to 2010. He was born in 1961 and belongs to an ethnic minority of China, the Yi. He has published numerous poetic anthologies since the 1980s and has won national literature awards, is also considered one of the greatest poets of minorities in China. He is the President of the China Minority Literary Association and Permanent Vice-President of the China Poets' Association.
He was mentored by the poet Ai Qing and gained national attention when his collection "Song of Love" won the Third China National Poetry Prize in 1986. His work has been translated into many languages, and he has been awarded numerous international prizes, including the Sholokhov Memorial Medal for Literature in 2006 from the Russian Writers Association, and a Certificate for Outstanding Contributions in Poetry from the Bulgarian Writers Association that same year.
His book of poems My First Love won the National Poetry Prize of China. The Dream of a Yi native won the fourth Literary Prize of China Minorities for poetry. He is a president of the Qinghai International Poetry Festival, which succeeds on the shores of Asia's largest lake, the Lake of the Gods, at the confluence of the Yellow River and the Yangtze, and has also participated in the International Poetry Festival of Medellín. In 2016 he received HOMER - The European Medal of Poetry and Art.
He was mentored by the poet Ai Qing and gained national attention when his collection "Song of Love" won the Third China National Poetry Prize in 1986. His work has been translated into many languages, and he has been awarded numerous international prizes, including the Sholokhov Memorial Medal for Literature in 2006 from the Russian Writers Association, and a Certificate for Outstanding Contributions in Poetry from the Bulgarian Writers Association that same year.
His book of poems My First Love won the National Poetry Prize of China. The Dream of a Yi native won the fourth Literary Prize of China Minorities for poetry. He is a president of the Qinghai International Poetry Festival, which succeeds on the shores of Asia's largest lake, the Lake of the Gods, at the confluence of the Yellow River and the Yangtze, and has also participated in the International Poetry Festival of Medellín. In 2016 he received HOMER - The European Medal of Poetry and Art.
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February 27, 2024
Infelizmente eu acho que esse livro só foi publicado no Brasil porque 90% dos poemas são dedicados e referenciados a poetas e personalidades ocidentais. Alguns da América Latina, sim, mas muitos europeus.
O intuito do livro era saber mais sobre a arte e literatura contemporânea de uma parte da China, mas não foi isso que obtive. Alguns (raros) poemas falando sobre sua terra natal são lindos.
O intuito do livro era saber mais sobre a arte e literatura contemporânea de uma parte da China, mas não foi isso que obtive. Alguns (raros) poemas falando sobre sua terra natal são lindos.
November 26, 2020
José Luís Peixoto - Tradutor de "Palavras de Fogo"
"Este livro é uma janela. O lugar onde estamos, onde cada um de nós está, é uma casa. Mantemos alguma familiaridade com o que nos rodeia, mas aproximamo-nos deste livro, olhamos na distância da paisagem e encontramos novidade.(...) Eis que se abre a janela a uma paisagem remota, mesmo debaixo dos nossos olhos: sacerdotes cerimoniais, caçadores que sopram chifres e se fazem ouvir pelas montanhas, montado em selas ornamentadas, o galope de cavalos misturado com a melodia do berimbau nuosu."
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Escritores mencionados e/ou homenageados no livro:
Ernest Hemingway, Tangjareh, Robert Frost, Nelson Mandela, Yehuda Amichai, Francesco Lentini, Juan Gelman, Mahmoud Darwish, Desanka Maksimović, Czesław Miłosz, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Tomas Venclova, César Vallejo, Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetaeva, Alexandr Blok, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Ernesto Che Guevara, Allen Ginsberg, Pablo Neruda, Attila József, Vítězslav Nezval, Nâzım Hikmet Ran, Władysław Broniewski, Yiannis Ritsos, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Louis Aragon, Boris Pasternak, Sergei Yesenin, Federico García Lorca
"Este livro é uma janela. O lugar onde estamos, onde cada um de nós está, é uma casa. Mantemos alguma familiaridade com o que nos rodeia, mas aproximamo-nos deste livro, olhamos na distância da paisagem e encontramos novidade.(...) Eis que se abre a janela a uma paisagem remota, mesmo debaixo dos nossos olhos: sacerdotes cerimoniais, caçadores que sopram chifres e se fazem ouvir pelas montanhas, montado em selas ornamentadas, o galope de cavalos misturado com a melodia do berimbau nuosu."
Writers mentioned or tributed in this book:
Escritores mencionados e/ou homenageados no livro:
Ernest Hemingway, Tangjareh, Robert Frost, Nelson Mandela, Yehuda Amichai, Francesco Lentini, Juan Gelman, Mahmoud Darwish, Desanka Maksimović, Czesław Miłosz, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Tomas Venclova, César Vallejo, Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetaeva, Alexandr Blok, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Ernesto Che Guevara, Allen Ginsberg, Pablo Neruda, Attila József, Vítězslav Nezval, Nâzım Hikmet Ran, Władysław Broniewski, Yiannis Ritsos, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Louis Aragon, Boris Pasternak, Sergei Yesenin, Federico García Lorca
August 21, 2025
Gostei da maneira como o autor expressa seu legado e contato com outras culturas de forma tão profunda e sentimental.
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