Moon Over Cuzco

Moon Over Cuzco

Poem by César Valejo, translation by Shawn Dallas Stradley, introduction by David Knowlton

Vallejo and his work is an enigma, just like so many other people and things in Peru.  Generally considered one of the great masters of Twentieth Century poetry, Vallejo does not lie moldering in old texts or professors’ lectures. His work, with its vividness and complexity keeps returning to life and has taken a place in the heart of his homeland Peru as well as in translation around the world.   Read the rest of this entry

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