Poetry
Nosotros los hombres
Not translated into English
Jorge Debravo · 1966
Synopsis
A collection of poems that from the outset includes a section of "fraternal poems" and pieces such as "Denuncia", "Hombre", "Miedo" and "Nocturno sin patria". The title poem calls for brotherhood and a love shared by all, and dreams of a common land and homeland where no one would own alone what belongs to everyone; the tone, fraternal and combative, remains carried by hope.
Context
The collection was published in 1966 by Editorial Costa Rica in San José, a year before the author's accidental death. His widow, Margarita Salazar, saw it as the book in which he had expressed all his thought, that of a poet who must carry a message to his people. A dozen of its poems, including the title poem, were reprinted unchanged in the Antología mayor of 1974. Debravo's poetry addresses poverty, injustice and hunger. The book has been translated into neither French nor English.
Who it is for
To read a simple, direct poetry that dreams of brotherhood among men, preferably aloud.
Prizes and reception
The national poetry prize was awarded to him; in 1967, after his death, his widow and two children received it in his name.