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Aqu̕ era el para̕so, selecci̤n de poemas de Humberto Ak'abal, selecci̤n de Patricia Aldana ; ilustraci̤n de Amelia Lau Carling ; traducci̤n de Hugh Hazelton = Here was paradise : selected poems of Humberto Ak'abal / selected by Patricia Aldana ; illustrated by Amelia Lau Carling ; translated by Hugh Hazelton

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selecci̤n de Patricia Aldana ; ilustraci̤n de Amelia Lau Carling ; traducci̤n de Hugh Hazelton = Here was paradise : selected poems of Humberto Ak'abal / selected by Patricia Aldana ; illustrated by Amelia Lau Carling ; translated by Hugh Hazelton

selecci̤n de poemas de Humberto Ak'abal

"A collection of poetry by one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas about the vanished world of his childhood -- that of the Maya K'iche'. Aqu̕ era el para̕so / Here Was Paradise is a selection of poems written by the great Maya poet Humberto Ak'abal. They evoke his childhood in and around the Maya K'iche' village of Momostenango, Guatemala, and also describe his own role as a poet of the place. Ak'abal writes about children, and grandfathers, and mothers, and animals, and ghosts, and thwarted love, and fields, and rains, and poetry, and poverty, and death. The poetry was written for adults but can also be read and loved by young people, especially in this collection, beautifully illustrated by award-winning Guatemalan-American illustrator Amelia Lau Carling. Ak'abal is famous worldwide as one of the great contemporary poets in the Spanish language, and one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas. Ak'abal created and wrote his poems first in K'iche', then translated them into Spanish."--, Provided by publisher"Aqu̕ era el para̕so / Here was paradise es una selecci̤n de poemas escritos por el gran poeta maya Humberto Ak'abal. Creados primero en k'icǩ, estos poemas evocan su infancia en y alrededor de la aldea maya k'icȟ de Momostenango, Guatemala. Ak'abal es reconocido mundiamente como uno de los grades poetas contemporaneous de la lengua hispana y uno de los m̀s grandes poetas ind̕genas de Am̌rica. Escribi̤ sobre nįos, abuelos, madres, animales, fantasmas, amores frustrados, sembrad̕os, lluvias, poes̕a, pobreza y muerte. Aunque Ak'abal escribi̤ para adultos, esta colecci̤n biling, en espąol e ingľs es tambǐn accessible para j̤venes, acompąada por la Hermosa obra de la ilustrdora guatemalteca Amelia Lau Carling y por un pr̤logo de la editor Patricia Aldana."--Inside cover

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Here was paradise