Juan Gelman

This poet and journalist was born in the city of Buenos Aires in 1930. He was sent to exile for 12 years because of the political violence of his country and he currently lives in Mexico. He is considered one of the greatest contemporary poets. He received the National Poetry Award in 1997, as well as the Cervantes Award in 2007. The Ecuadorean writer, Jorge Enrique Adoum, has described him as “the greatest Spanish speaking poet alive”.


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