Song Up Out of Spain




















<p class=MsoNormal><span>Prompted by the occasion of a gala poetry reading at
the University of Salamanca Spain in July 2019 this anthology is the first
of its kind to comprise Anglophone and Spanish speaking poets breathing life
into the multifarious poetic legacy of the poet Ezra Pound. Although Pound’s
influence on diverse Anglo-American poets is well-known this collection
further reveals his lesser known yet equally vital impact on the Spanish
speaking world which has been immense. A bilingual anthology it includes 29
poets 13 of whom write in Spanish and 16 of whom are Anglophone. In recent
decades the Ezra Pound International Conferences taking place worldwide have
featured poetry readings in what has become by a well-known tradition. In
Salamanca poets of older and younger generations from five continents paid
tribute to Pound with selections from their work now available in this volume.
The anthology includes poems by the Spanish <i>Novisimos</i> poets (“The Newest
Ones”) considered in Spain Pound’s direct poetic heirs such as Antonio
Colinas Jaime Siles Luis Alberto de Cuenca and José María Álvarez but also included
here are poems by Jorge Guillén from the Generation of ’27 as well as Spanish
American poets such as Ernesto Cardenal Gonzalo Rojas Pizarro Julián Herbert
and Jeannette Lozano Clariond; also represented are poets of a younger
generation: Jordi Doce Juan Antonio González-Iglesias <a>Mª
Ángeles <a><span>Pérez
López</span> and Natalia Carbajosa.</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span>At the reading in Salamanca the Anglophone poets including
many devoted Poundians among them also offered a robust contribution. Still
in concert with their Spanish-speaking counterparts these poets have also
recreated the Spanish world in unusual ways each reflecting a different
illuminating dimension of Pound’s sensibility. Celebrated Anglophone poets present
here include David Cappella John Gery Patrizia de Rachewiltz Tony Lopez Ron
Smith Clive Wilmer Paul Scott Derrick Jeff Grieneisen and Silvia Falsaperla
together with distinguished scholars such as David Moody Alec Marsh and John
Beall as well as promising voices of a new generation: Rhett Forman </span><span>Justin Kishbaugh</span><span> Chengru He
and Sean Mark.</span></p><b><u><span lang=ES></span></u></b>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span lang=ES><span>______</span></span></u></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES>Esta antología la primera que reúne a poetas anglófonos
e hispanohablantes nació a raíz de un recital de poesía celebrado en la
Universidad de Salamanca en julio de 2019 con el propósito de infundir nueva
vida al valioso legado poético del poeta Ezra Pound. Si bien su influencia en
la tradición angloamericana es indiscutible esta antología revela la inmensa
huella menos conocida aunque igualmente vital de Pound en los poetas del
mundo hispano.<span>  </span></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES>Se trata por tanto de una colección bilingüe que incluye
29 poetas de los cuales 13 escriben en español y 16 en inglés. En las últimas
décadas los congresos internacionales dedicados a la obra de Ezra Pound
celebrados por todo el mundo han venido organizando recitales poéticos que ya
se han convertido en tradición. En Salamanca poetas de distintas generaciones
y de cinco continentes rindieron homenaje a Pound con una selección de sus propias
obras recogida en este volumen. Así se incluyen poemas de la generaci&#243