Thursday, May 12, 2011

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Hahn wins Oscar Pablo Neruda Poetry Prize 2011

Chilean poet Oscar Hahn was honored with the Premio Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry, which provides the Board of Culture through the Book Council.




The writer, who next week will launch his latest book, the first darkness, was favored with $ 60,000, an amount that this year was doubled, which is equivalent to the Reina Sofia in Spain . Your choice from the jury was unanimous, according to Antonio Cisneros, the last recognized with the award, it is "one of the strongest poets of our language and maintaining relevance and influence on younger generations."

The ceremony was the poet himself, who is based in Santiago after a long stay in the U.S.. He said more than a personal award, I felt like a "a tribute to poetry," and confessed that he had been a judge when he won Ernesto Cardenal (2009), at which time he shared a lot with him. "It'sa great honor to receive this award, mainly for two reasons. First, because it carries the name of Pablo Neruda, with whom I had a very special relationship, and second, because those members of the jury is a group of five distinguished poets of countries representing different sectors of the Hispanic culture ".. . continue reading ...

source: LaTercera.com




The video Oscar Hans read his poems: In the tomb of the unknown soldier and Waiting for your email

In the tomb of the unknown soldier

Which joy men go to war
With what enthusiasm clean and load their rifles
With what fervor sing their songs of battle
With what anxiety take their place in the trench
With what concerns they hear the noise of the pumps
Which insistence bullets whistled through the air
How slowly the blood running down his forehead With
wonder why his eyes look empty
Which stiffness their bodies lie in the mud
Which are hastily thrown into the pit
How quickly are forgotten forever

Waiting for your email

Open my mail
on the computer hoping to find

email
yours and not find
open every day

every hour every minute
and not find
and
afraid to look at my email
and eyes pass for each message

looking for fun and not find

and be ready to break
screen
a punch and not find

but open it again
and suddenly see your name

and read the text

just holding your breath and get

trembling to the last line
the last word and not wanting
breathe anymore in

life and wanting to drop dead
above the keyboard

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