Summa de Maqroll el Gaviero: Poesía Reunida

Álvaro Mutis

Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2002 - Poetry - 297 pages

La voz de lvaro Mutis (Colombia, 1929), considerada como una de las m s altas de Am rica, tiene la cualidad de respetar la verdad de la palabra. Bajo la sombra de Maqroll esta Summa incluye la poes a completa que escribi entre 1948 y 1988. Mario Benedetti ha dicho del Gaviero: "Mutis inventa a Maqroll el gaviero como Garc a M rquez a Macondo, Onetti a Santa Mar a, Rulfo a Comala. Maqroll es tambi n una regi n de lo imaginario, aunque creada mediante un habil simo montaje de peque as y grandes realidades."

About the author

Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo was born in Bogotá, Colombia on August 25, 1923. He spent part of his early years in Brussels, Belgium, where his father served as Colombia's ambassador. His first volume of poetry, The Balance, was published in 1948. He moved to Mexico in 1956. He worked as head of public relations for the U.S. Multinational Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. He was accused of embezzlement and spent 15 months in Lecumberri prison in Mexico City. He wrote about his experience in prison in Diary of Lecumberri, which was published in 1959. His other works include Elements of the Disaster, The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll, The Manor of Araucaima, and The True Story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. He received several international honors including the Xavier Villaurrutia, Prince of Asturias and Cervantes Prizes. He died on September 22, 2013 at the age of 90.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Summa de Maqroll el Gaviero: Poesía Reunida; Colección Tierra firme; Tierra firme
• Author: Álvaro Mutis
• Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2002
• ISBN: 9681664701, 9789681664701
• Length: 297 pages
• Subjects: Poetry / Caribbean & Latin American; Poetry / General