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Alcira Soust Scaffo : escribir poesía ¿vivir dónde?

Title
Alcira Soust Scaffo : escribir poesía ¿vivir dónde? / textos, Elsa Cross [and six others] ; coordinación editorial, Ana Xanic López.
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Ciudad de México : MUAC - Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM, 2018.

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  • Soust Scaffo, Alcira, 1924-1997.
  • Cross, Elsa
  • Xanic López, Ana
  • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Museo Universitario Contemporáneo de Arte, host institution. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/his
Description
271 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits; 22 cm.
Summary
Based on extensive documentary research and the recovery of part of her personal archive (action poems, translations of French poetry and graphic poems) and a set of testimonies, the catalog emphasizes the relationship between the political militancy and visual poetry of the remarkable poet and activist Alcira Soust Scaffo (Uruguay 1924-1997), who lived in Mexico between 1950 and 1980, when she returned to Uruguay. "Alcira Soust was a muse and mythical figure for several generations of young people, activists and artists in the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's. Roberto Bolaño, a personal friend of the poet and who belonged to the avant-garde group the Infrarrealists, established the myth about Alcira in two of his novels, The Savage Detectives and Amulet, the latter being dedicated to her." (HKB Translation) --Page 239. However, the catalog does not seek to inquire into the myth, but instead reconstructs the worlds of Soust, along with her artistic, political, Latin American and anti-imperialist ideology, and the way in which these intermingled with her personal life.
Series Statement
MUAC ; 069
Uniform Title
Folio MUAC ; 69.
Alternative Title
Escribir poesía ¿vivir dónde?
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Note
  • "Publicado con motivo de la exposición "Alcira Soust Scaffo: Escribir poesía ¿vivir dónde? (11 de agosto al 25 de noviembre de 2018) MUAC - Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México." --Verso Title Page.
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at MUAC, August 11-November 25, 2018.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Alcira Soust Scaffo: escribir poesía, ¿vivir dónde? / Amanda de la Garza -- "Malgré tout" [A pesar de todo!] Vida y práctica de la poeta Alcira Soust Scaffo / Antonio Santos -- Ser una práctica. Poesía en armas / Cuahtémoc Medina -- Poesía en armas / Alcira Soust Scaffo -- La niña loba. Poemas, notas y obra gráfica (1958-1991) / Alcira Soust Scaffo -- Las noches blancas de Alcira Soust Scaffo. Entrevista a Carlos Landeros / Amanda de la Garza Mata -- Alcira Soust Scaffo, la deshabitada / Bárbara Jacobs -- Jardín cerrado / Elsa Cross -- Semblanza -- Catálogo.
ISBN
  • 9788417047788
  • 8417047786
OCLC
  • on1076655262
  • 1076655262
  • SCSB-9262099
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Columbia University Libraries