Diana's Tree by Alejandra Pizarnik
Diana's Tree is an important book - written in Paris, where she lived for four years - and the first really mature work (1963) by Alejandra Pizarnik (1936-1972), increasingly recognised as one of the major poetic voices of the second half of the 20th century in Latin America.
Alejandra Pizarnik (1936-1972) was born in Buenos Aires to Russian Jewish immigrant parents. She studied at the University of Buenos Aires before dropping out to concentrate on painting and her own poetry. She moved to Paris in 1960, where she got to know Octavio Paz, Julio Cortazar, and Silvina Ocampo. Now regarded as one of Argentina's most powerful and intense lyric poets of the mid-20th century, Pizarnik's sometimes bleak themes - cruelty and death run prominently in her work - reflect her own personal torments, some deriving from her amphetamine dependency. Pizarnik published a number of poetry collections in her lifetime, as well as essays. Her work has been extensively translated in recent years, reflecting the recovery of her work by non-Hispanic readers and her growing international reputatio.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848617001 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848617003 |
| Title | Diana's Tree |
| Author | Alejandra Pizarnik |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Shearsman Books |
| Year published | 2020-03-27 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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