PARRA, NICANOR

nēkänōrˈ päˈrä, 1914–, Chilean poet. A poet who is also a professor of mathematics and physics, he has written verse influenced by existential philosophy and has called his work "antipoetry" because it is written in clear, colloquial language and deals with issues of common interest. Notes of humor and satire mitigate the disillusion and anguish frequently expressed in his verse . His works include Cancionero sin nombre [poetry without name] (1937), Poems and Antipoems (1954; tr. 1967), Versos de salón [parlor verses] (1962), Canciones rusas [Russian songs] (1967), Emergency Poems (tr. 1972), Antipoems, New and Selected (tr. 1985), and Hojas de Parra [leaves of Parra] (1985).

See E. Grossman, The Antipoetry of Nicanor Parra (1975); P. Neruda, N. Parra, and M. Gottlieb, Pablo Neruda and Nicanor Parra Face to Face (1997).

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books on: Parra Nicanor  - 71 results

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The Works of Allen Ginsberg, 1941-1994: A Descriptive Bibliography
Book by Bill Morgan; Greenwood Press, 1995
Subjects: Beat Generation--Bibliography, Ginsberg, Allen--1926---Bibliography
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Poets of Contemporary Latin America: History and the Inner Life
Book by William Rowe; Oxford University Press, 2000
Subjects: Spanish American Poetry--20th Century--History And Criticism
...Contents Introduction 1 1 Nicanor Parra: The Poem as Amoeba 29 2...succeeds.4 The Chilean poet Nicanor Parra, who began writing in the 1950s...Le6nidas Morales, La poesia de Nicanor Parra (Santiago, 1972), igq. See the...
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Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures
Book by Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez, Ana M.López; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: Caribbean Area--Encyclopedias, Latin America--Encyclopedias
...Antonio Osorio, Nelson Para leer el Pato Donald Parra, Angel Parra, Marco Antonio de la Parra, Nicanor Parra, Violeta Paula Perelman, Pablo Perez, Andres Pinochet, Augusto Pisano, Margarita...
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Spanish-American Literature: A History
Book by Enrique Anderson Imbert, John V. Falconieri; Wayne State University Press, 1963
Subjects: Spanish American Literature--History And Criticism
...Hernandez Cata; 4 Venezuela: Romulo Gallegos, Teresa de la Parra; 5 Colombia: Jose Eustasio Rivera; 6 Ecuador: Zaldumbide...and Others; 7 Peru; 8 Bolivia; 9 Chile: Arenas, Rojas, Parra and Others; 10 Paraguay: Elvio Romero; 11 Uruguay; 12...
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Political Bodies: Gender, History, and the Struggle for Narrative Power in Recent Chilean Literature
Book by Alice A. Nelson; Bucknell University Press, 2002
Subjects: Chile--History--Coup D'Aetat, 1973--Literature And The Coup, Chilean Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, Politics And Literature--Chile, Politics In Literature
...finally, the crisis of male-centered authority was still thematically evident at the end of the Pinochet years, with Roberto Parra's extremely popular La negra Ester (1989),3K a play that transgressed the regime's limits on both public expression and...
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journal articles on: Parra Nicanor  - 7 results

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69. Parra's La Doncella Y La Muerte
Journal article by Nicanor Parra, Miller Williams, Edgar C. Knowlton Jr.; The Explicator, Vol. 30, 1972
Subjects: American Literature--History And Criticism, English Literature--History And Criticism
...of Texas Press, 1964 ). Nicanor Parra " La doncella y la muerte may...el caballero la posee . -- NICANOR PARRA DEATH AND THE MAIDEN A blonde...Miller Williams . From Nicanor Parra, POEMS AND ANTIPOEMS , edited...
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Books for Children
Journal article by Joan M. Hildebrand; Childhood Education, Vol. 70, 1993
Subjects: Children's literature--Bibliography
...APALKA). Il. by Felipe Davalos. ISBN 968-494-057-2. Parra, Nicanor SINFONIA DE CUNA. (CRADLES SYMPHONY). Il. by Enrique...interest to the enjoyable texts. Especially appealing is Nicanor Parras Sinfonia de Cuna, which shows, in a lighthearted...
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Books Received
Journal article; The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 28, 2008
...Settlement. Spuyten Duyvill, 2008. Paper: $14.00. (F) ONeill, Joseph. Netherland. Pantheon, 2008. Cloth: $23.95. (F) Parra, Nicanor. After-Dinner Declarations. Trans. Dave Oliphant. Host, 2008. Paper: $25.00. (P) Paulson, Mark. 9/11 and Home. Outskirts...
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Translator's Introduction
Journal article by Daniel Borzutzky; The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 27, 2007
Subjects: Authors, Chilean--Works, Bianchi, Alvaro Yanez--Works, Chilean literature--History, Chilean writers--Works
...Chilean anti-poet and provocateur Nicanor Parra. Eschewing metaphor for the ghastly...the social and literary elite, both Parra and Emar are levelers and ironists...major figures despite themselves. If Parra is Chiles anti-poet, then let Emar...
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Latin America Translated (Again): Roberto Bolaño's the Savage Detectives in the United States
Journal article by Sarah Pollack; Comparative Literature, Vol. 61, 2009
Subjects: Book reviews, Endorsements, Linguistics, Novels, Publishing industry, Reading, United States
...Castellanos Moya, Julio Cortazar, Felisberto Hernandez, Vicente Huidobro, Enrique Lihn, Pablo Neruda, Jose Emilio Pacheco, Nicanor Parra, Octavio Paz, and Rodrigo Rey Rosa. Its website advertises that "New Directions has been largely responsible for Americas...
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magazine articles on: Parra Nicanor  - 7 results

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Scaling Poetic Heights
Magazine article by Hector Pena Diaz; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 60, September 2008
Subjects: Parra, Nicanor--Criticism and interpretation, Poetry, Poets
...to two giants of poetry such as Nicanor Parra and Gonzalo Rojas. The former...Parra, the poets late sister. Nicanor Parra describes himself as "the oldest...Huidobro, Pablo Neruda (Nobel, 1971), Nicanor Parra, and Gonzalo Rojas. From those...
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Parra's Poetry on Canvas Comes Home
Magazine article by Mark Holston; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 55, November 2003
Subjects: Allende, Salvador, Art--Exhibitions, Politics
...been translated to canvas. Parra was born in 1917 in the town...agricultural south. Her father, Nicanor, a teacher and noted folklorist...Hilda, as the duo Las Hermanas Parra. Her career in music gained...songs as "Gracias a la vida." Parra became a leading exponent of...
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Santiago's Poetry in Motion
Magazine article by Ben Fryer; Foreign Policy, November 2006
Subjects: Chilean literature, College faculty--Interviews, College teachers--Interviews, Cortinez, Veronica--Interviews
...Isabel Allende, to the patriarch of literary provocation, Nicanor Parra. Isabel Allendes historical novel, Ines del alma mia...years after her suicide, Chileans are recognizing Violeta Parra as an outstanding poet. Outsiders who really want to...
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Neruda's Isla Negra
Magazine article by Marjorie Agosín; NACLA Report on the Americas, Vol. 30, 1996
Subjects: Latin America, Latin America--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Latin America
...day -- Pablo Neruda, Gonzalo Rojas, Enrique Lihn, Nicanor Parra, Delia Dominguez -- created their most memorable texts...of Neruda was dangerous. Along with singers Violeta Parra and Victor Jara, he was considered a traitor in Pinochets...
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At the Service of Lenguaje Language: Translator Edith Grossman Enters the Minds of Her Masters, from Cervantes to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, to Create a Faithful, English Voice
Magazine article by Caleb Bach; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 56, November 2004
Subjects: Grossman, Edith, Translators (Persons)--Biography
...something is going on there. I did my dissertation on Nicanor Parra and his antipoetry, and that became a book The Antipoetry of Nicanor Parra, 1975." "I loved translating poetry, but they used...
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newspaper articles on: Parra Nicanor  - 8 results

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R.E.E. LICENSURE EXAMINATION; Held in SEPTEMBER 2005
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 27, 2005
...NENING 884 NITAFAN, JANICE CACHO 885 NITE, NICANOR MELAYA 886 NITO, IVAN VIDAL 887 NOBLEZADA...CORDERO, HECTOR URMATAN 321 CORPORAL, NICOLAS NICANOR MURILLO 322 CORPUZ, DYAN GAY CASTILLO...
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R.E.E. LICENSURE EXAMINATION; Held in SEPTEMBER 2005
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 28, 2005
...NENING 884 NITAFAN, JANICE CACHO 885 NITE, NICANOR MELAYA 886 NITO, IVAN VIDAL 887 NOBLEZADA...CORDERO, HECTOR URMATAN 321 CORPORAL, NICOLAS NICANOR MURILLO 322 CORPUZ, DYAN GAY CASTILLO...
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R.E.E. LICENSURE EXAMINATION; Held in SEPTEMBER 2005
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 1, 2005
...NENING 884 NITAFAN, JANICE CACHO 885 NITE, NICANOR MELAYA 886 NITO, IVAN VIDAL 887 NOBLEZADA...CORDERO, HECTOR URMATAN 321 CORPORAL, NICOLAS NICANOR MURILLO 322 CORPUZ, DYAN GAY CASTILLO...
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R.E.E. LICENSURE EXAMINATION; Held in SEPTEMBER 2005
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 24, 2005
...NENING 884 NITAFAN, JANICE CACHO 885 NITE, NICANOR MELAYA 886 NITO, IVAN VIDAL 887 NOBLEZADA...CORDERO, HECTOR URMATAN 321 CORPORAL, NICOLAS NICANOR MURILLO 322 CORPUZ, DYAN GAY CASTILLO...
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R.E.E. LICENSURE EXAMINATION; Held in SEPTEMBER 2005
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 30, 2005
...NENING 884 NITAFAN, JANICE CACHO 885 NITE, NICANOR MELAYA 886 NITO, IVAN VIDAL 887 NOBLEZADA...CORDERO, HECTOR URMATAN 321 CORPORAL, NICOLAS NICANOR MURILLO 322 CORPUZ, DYAN GAY CASTILLO...
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encyclopedia articles on: Parra Nicanor  - 2 results

 
 
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Parra, Nicanor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PARRA, NICANOR nekanor pa ra, 1914 , Chilean poet...See E. Grossman, The Antipoetry of Nicanor Parra (1975); P. Neruda, N. Parra, and M. Gottlieb, Pablo Neruda and Nicanor Parra Face to Face (1997...
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Neruda, Pablo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Poems (tr. 1970), and The Poetry of Pablo Neruda (2003); P. Neruda, N. Parra, and M. Gottlieb, Pablo Neruda and Nicanor Parra Face to Face (1997). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of...


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