Skillful Poems that focus on the politics of the psyche.
Teillier poems focus on the politics of the psyche and are haunted by ill-fated dreams of happiness. Selections from his work have been translated into French, Italian, Rumanian, Russian, Swedish, Polish, and Czechoslovakian. Teillier lives near Santiago, Chile.
“Chile is a country which is rich in poets and Jorge Teillier is one of the best. We are very fortunate to have these translations”—Stephen Dobyns
“Jorge Teillier clearly deserves to be introduced to English-language readers. He is not only one of the best poets writing in Chile today, but also one of international stature: an original poet with much to offer us."—Jonathan Cohen
From the Book:
The train tracks flash/ but no one thinks of traveling./ Smell of apples recently crushed/ comes from the cider press./ We know that we will never be alone/ so long as there is a handful of fresh earth
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JORGE TEILLIER, who has been called the most important Chilean poet of his generation, was born in Lautaro, in the south of Chile, in 1935. Teillier studied history and geography at the University of Chile, and was later made editor of the University’s Bulletin. He began writing poems when he was twelve, and his first book of poetry, Para angeles y gorriones (Fro Angels and Sparrows), was published when he was twenty-one. The author of twelve collections of poems, Teillier has also written many short stories and essays.
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