Poetry
Fábula del corazón
Not translated into English
Vicente Barbieri · 1939
Synopsis
The contents of this first collection are not described; it appeared in 1939 according to a draft declaration by the provincial deputies; a tribute by Adolfo Ruiz Díaz dates it once to 1930, then to 1939. Ruiz Díaz presents it as the start of an unbroken body of work, combining wide learning with material drawn from the author's own experience, who came late to publication.
Context
The collection was his first book, according to the provincial declaration project; others followed, from Árbol total in 1940 to El bailarín in 1953, and his complete poetic works appeared from Emecé in 1961. Ruiz Díaz notes that he only became known to the public after thirty and lists his honours: municipal prize in 1942, national prize in 1946, Sarmiento prize in 1951; the national prize is also said to have been awarded after his death.
Who it is for
Poems in Spanish, the author's first collection; no known French translation.
Prizes and reception
The starting point of a body of work that Ruiz Díaz calls faithful to the highest aspirations of his generation.
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