""Cardenal's work has always focused on the 'democratization of culture'...his love of people, language, and country."" -- <i><i><b>Library Journal</b></i></i><b><br /></b><b>|</b><b>""His verse often seems like 'story-poetry', relating events, impressions and emotions that are deeply rooted in material history..."" -- <i><i><b>NACLA</b></i></i></b><i><b><br /><br /></b></i>

In this bilingual edition, Ernesto Cardenal celebrates his country's successful revolution against the Somoza regime. Recognized world-wide as a major poetic voice from Latin America, he also has long been an activist fighting for political freedom, and he served as Nicaragua's Minister of Culture from 1979-1988. In Flights of Victory, Ernesto Cardenal reflects on events of recent Nicaraguan history with poems about the insurrection against Somoza, the triumph of the popular movement, and the reconstruction of the country, from the unique perspective of a poet-participant.
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PrefaceIntroduction: Ernesto Cardenal after the RevolutionI. Vuelos de insurrecciónFlights of InsurrectionOfensiva final / Final OffensiveAmanecer / DawnLa llegada / The ArrivalLas campesinas del CuáEn el lago / On the LakeVuelo sobre la patria sin escala / Flight over the Homeland without StopoverBarricada / BarricadeII. Vuelos de victoria y celebraciónFlights of Victory and CelebrationLuces / LightsMeditación en un DC-3 / Meditation in a DC-3Aterrizaje con e[itafio / Landing with EpitaphOtra llegada / Another ArrivalVisión de un rostro / Vision of a FaceLlegaron las del Cuá / The Women from Cuá ArrivedLibres / FreeLa mañanita / The MorningIII. Vuelos de ReconstrucciónFlights of ReconstructionOcupados / BusyReflexiones de un ministro / Reflections of a MinisterReunión del gabinete / Cabinet MeetingWaslala / WaslalaEcologia / EcologyLas tortugas / The TurtlesFundación de la Asociación Latinoamericana para los Derechos Humanos / Founding of the Latin American Human Rights AssociationMisa ecuménica en Düsseldorf / Ecumenical Mass in DüsseldorfConcentración en St. George / Mass Rally in St. GeorgeLas loras / The ParrotsVisión mistica de las letras FSLN / Mystical Vision of the Letters FSLNEn Managua a media noche / In Managua at MidnightIV. Vuelos de memoria y visiónFlights of Memory and VisionPreguntas frente al lago / Questions by the LakeEl cuento de los garrobos / The Tale of the GarrobosEl chancho que no comió Rigoberto / The Pork Rigoberto Didn't EatA Donald y Elvis / To Donald and ElvisA Ernesto Castillo mi sobrino / To Ernesto Castillo My NephewViaje muy jodido / A Very Screwed-Up TripAnte una foto / Before a PhotoEn la tumba del guerrillero / In the Tomb of the Guerrilla Fighter19 de Julio / 19th of JulyVisión de la ventanilla azul / Vision from the Blue Window 
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ISBN
9780915306749
Publisert
1995-07-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Curbstone Press,U.S.
Vekt
333 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
13 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
123

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Reverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (born January 20, 1925) is a Nicaraguan Catholic priest and was one of the most famous liberation theologians of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas, a party he has since left. From 1979 to 1987 he served as Nicaragua's first culture minister. He is also famous as a poet. Cardenal was also the founder of the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands, where he lived for more than ten years (1965–1977).