Dirty poem
By: Ferreira Gullar ; translated from the Portugese by Leland Guyer
Contributors: Guyer, Leland, translator
Series: New Directions poetry pamphlet -- #18; New Directions poetry pamphlets -- 18.
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
ISBN-13: 9780811223959
Subjects: Portuguese poetry; Translations into English
Work titles: Poema sujo
Description: "Dirty Poem was written in 1975 in Buenos Aires when Ferreira Gullar was in political exile from the Brazilian dictatorship. An epic work, it draws on the poet’s memories of his seaside adolescence during World War II and deals openly with the “dirty” shamefulness of a socioeconomic system that abuses its citizens with poverty, sexism, greed, and fear. The scholar Otto Maria Carpeaux wrote: “Dirty Poem deserves to be called ‘National Poem’ because it embodies all of the experiences, victories, defeats, and hopes in the life of the Brazilian citizen."--Publisher's website (viewed 12/13/2016).
Notes: Translated from the Portuguese.