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Candelario Obeso/jorge Artel

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Book in Spanish

68 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2003

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Candelario Obeso

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Candelario Obeso was an Afro-Colombian poet known as the precursor of the Poesía Negra y oscura (black and dark poetry) in Colombia, a literary style that focused on describing the daily activities performed by the Colombian black communities. He wrote his narrative in the first person and using the language the Afrocolombian communities spoke. An example of this is his first book of poems, Cantos Populares de mi Tierra, published by Imprenta de Borda in 1887

He was also a translator of Shakespeare, Víctor Hugo, Byron, Musset, Longfellow, Goethe, and Jonathan Lawrence.

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June 18, 2022
Importantes exponentes de la poesía afrocolombiana, voces desde la minoría con una carga del sentir social de la época. Las páginas contienen una inquietante mirada de la vida en la década de los 50, desde una realidad siempre cercana y pero también, siempre paralela, para los unos y los otros. Las letras de Candelario Obeso mezclan español caribeño con español castellano, por momentos difícil de entender, por eso se agradece las notas a pie de página. Mientras tanto, Jorge Artel usa el lenguaje como lo conocemos hoy y por ende, más fácil de comprender.
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