Luis Cernuda: December 6, 1961
The Poetry Center presents Spanish poet Luis Cernuda reading a selection of his poems in the original Spanish; a speaker follows each poem with an English translation. Cernuda also discusses the literary and social influences that produced each poem, such as Surrealism, the Spanish Civil War, and his exile from Spain. Note: from August 1961-June 1962, Cernuda was giving courses at San Francisco State College.
- Originally Recorded By
- APA
- Location
- San Francisco State College
- Date
- 12/06/1961
- Total Run Time
- 00:41:15
- Contributor
- Unknown Contributor
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- ©© American Poetry Archives. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For all other uses please email poetry@sfsu.edu
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- Recording opens with speaker reading conclusion of an English translation of "Quisiera estar solo en el sur" (00:00)
- Cernuda remarks on "Nevada" (00:44)
- Cernuda reads "Nevada" in Spanish (01:33)
- Speaker reads English translation of "Nevada" (02:21)
- Cernuda remarks on "Estoy cansado" (03:20)
- Cernuda reads "Estoy cansado" in Spanish (03:25)
- Speaker reads English translation of "Estoy cansado" (04:13)
- Cernuda reads "Dejame esta voz" (05:00)
- Speaker reads English translation of "Dejame esta voz" (05:54)
- Cernuda remarks on "He venido para ver" (06:50)
- Cernuda reads "He venido para ver" (07:02)
- Speaker reads English translation of "He venido para ver" (08:40)
- Cernuda remarks on "No quiero triste espiritu" (10:14)
- Cernuda reads "No quiero triste espiritu" (11:08)
- Speaker reads English translation of "No quiero triste espiritu" (11:52)
- Cernuda reads "No es el amor quien muere" (12:36)
- Speaker reads English translation of "No es el amor quien muere" (13:40)
- Cernuda remarks on "Impresion de destierro" (14:50)
- Cernuda reads "Impresion de destierro" (16:10)
- Speaker reads English translation of "Impresion de destierro" (18:24)
- Cernuda remarks on "Cementerio en la ciudad" (20:33)
- Cernuda reads "Cementerio en la ciudad" (22:01)
- Speaker reads English translation of "Cementerio en la ciudad" (23:55)
- Speaker reads an alternate English translation of "Cementerio en la ciudad" (25:44)
- Cernuda remarks on "Gaviotas en los parques" (28:06)
- Cernuda reads "Gaviotas en los parques" (28:28)
- Speaker reads English translation of "Gaviotas en los parques" (29:43)
- Cernuda remarks on "Los espinos" (30:50)
- Cernuda reads "Los espinos" (31:30)
- Sound cuts out (31:58)
- Cernuda reads "Otros aires" (32:03)
- Speaker reads English translation of "Otros aires" (33:22)
- Cernuda remarks on "Ser de Sansuena" (34:47)
- Cernuda reads "Ser de Sansuena" (35:50)
- Reads English translation of "Ser de Sansuena" (38:11)
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