Alcira Soust Scaffo
Subtitle: escribir poesía ¿vivir dónde?
By: textos, Elsa Cross [and six others] ; coordinación editorial, Ana Xanic López
Contributors: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Museo Universitario Contemporáneo de Arte
Edition: Primera edición.
Series: MUAC -- 069; Folio MUAC -- 69.
Publisher: MUAC - Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Ciudad de México
Language: spa
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9788417047788
Subjects: Exhibitions; Manuscripts; Archives; Uruguayan poetry
Other titles: Escribir poesía ¿vivir dónde?
Description: 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.
Notes: "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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Alcira Soust Scaffo: escribir poesía, ¿vivir dónde? / Amanda de la Garza; title: "Malgré tout" [A pesar de todo!] Vida y práctica de la poeta Alcira Soust Scaffo / Antonio Santos; title: Ser una práctica. Poesía en armas / Cuahtémoc Medina; title: Poesía en armas / Alcira Soust Scaffo; title: La niña loba. Poemas, notas y obra gráfica (1958-1991) / Alcira Soust Scaffo; title: Las noches blancas de Alcira Soust Scaffo. Entrevista a Carlos Landeros / Amanda de la Garza Mata; title: Alcira Soust Scaffo, la deshabitada / Bárbara Jacobs; title: Jardín cerrado / Elsa Cross; title: Semblanza; title: Catálogo.