Forgotten Poet of Colombia "Cantos populares de mi tierra"
I'm sure a well read colombian would not have a clue about this Colombian writer...Anyway I wanted to bring him to the fore front and hopefully the colombian community would appreciate an "inconnu" writer...Again, its goes to show u that an education can bring you a long way regardless of skin color. Too bad alot of his people are not given an opportunity to excel and maybe become the next Gabo...
Es el iniciador de la corriente llamada "Poesía Negra" en Colombia. Nacido en Mompox en el seno de una familia de origen humilde, en los escasos 35 años de su vida fue militar, ingeniero, educador, periodista, y político, pero además legó a la posteridad una valiosa producción literaria, original y fecunda.
Aparte de sus polémicos artículos acerca de la política colombiana de su tiempo, Obeso tradujo el Othelo de Shakespeare y numerosas obras de Víctor Hugo, Byron, Musset, Longfellow, entre otros. Y aunque también escribió dramas, comedias, textos pedagógicos y dos novelas - La Familia Pigamalión y Las cosas del mundo -, su creación más significativa es sin duda alguna, a, en la cual vertió toda la ternura, el lenguaje, la sensibilidad, la picardia, y el lirismo de su raza. Con estos Cantos, Candelario Obeso ganó el lugar destacadísimo que ya se le va reconociendo en la historia de la literatura colombiana.
By Qubo on May 17, 2005, 06:54 in Friendly Talkzone.
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platano says on May 17, 2005, 07:01: Habia un congreso sobre Candelario Obeso en 1984.... and a book was published titled: Vida y Obra de Candelario Obeso edited by Amir Smith Córdoba. The publisher, in Bogotá, was the Centro para la Investigación de la Cultura Negra. The book consists of papers presented at the 5th Seminario sobre Formación y Capacitación de Personal Docente en Cultura Negra, Mompós, Colombia and includes Obeso's Cantos Populares de Mi Tierra.
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platano says on May 17, 2005, 07:06: Also, in 1943, Vincente Caraballo wrote... El negro Obeso; (apuntes biográficos) y Escritos varios ... which was published in Bogotá by Editorial ABC
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Qubo says on May 17, 2005, 07:10: Platano While posting this you came to mind because I knew that you've probably heard of it...what books on colombia haven't u read..LOL..Ur one well read guy......BTW, where can I can I get the book from Carreno in the States?
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platano says on May 17, 2005, 07:15: Qubo, I haven't read even 1% of what has been written by good Colombian authors. And half of what I have read I have already forgotten due to my aging brain! Gotta run to work (damn gringos don't understand lateness)... will get back to you on Carreño.
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platano says on May 17, 2005, 12:08: Forget about Carreño! Just checked about buying a copy and in the USA it costs US$125.00! I got it for US$10 in Bogota at the Libreria Panamericana. Borrow it from someone or from a library. It is good but not worth US$125.00 (that is for the Editorial Patria edition)
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