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Legacies - by Heberto Padilla (Paperback)

Legacies - by  Heberto Padilla (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Legacies is the author's own selection from his work, and represents the many facets of Padilla's art: his lyrical love poems, his almost Audenesque meditations on other poets, his deceptively simple verses about history.</p><p>This edition presents the English translations and original Spanish poems side by side on facing pages.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Heberto Padilla (1932-2000) was a Cuban poet who served time in prison for criticizing the Cuban government. In addition to <i>Legacies</i>, his own selection of poems from throughout his career, Padilla also wrote the autobiographical novel <i>Heroes Are Grazing In My Garden</i> and the memoir <i>Self-Portrait of the Other</i>. He and his second wife, poet Belkis Cuza Male, divided their time between Princeton, New Jersey and Madrid, Spain.

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