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La antología definitiva para conocer a uno de los escritores más trascendentales en español. Edición conmemorativa de la RAE y la Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española.

Poeta, político, ensayista, periodista y filósofo, el cubano de origen español José Martí es una figura indispensable para entender la literatura y la realidad contemporánea en América Latina. Fundador del Partido Revolucionario Cubano y organizador de la guerra de Independencia de su país, es también el iniciador del modernismo literario en Hispanoamérica, que tanta repercusión tuvo en España. Esta antología reúne, junto con su poesía, una selección de sus ensayos políticos y literarios, además de una muestra de su correspondencia y de sus discursos y textos periodísticos. Todo ello ofrece una completa visión de uno de los autores más influyentes del ámbito del español, admirado por escritores como Rubén Darío, María Zambrano, Juan Ramón Jiménez o Gabriela Mistral.

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A definitive and complete anthology to get to know the work of one of the most transcendental writers in Spanish language. A Commemorative edition by the Spanish Royal Academy and the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language.

Poet, politician, essayist, journalist, and philosopher, the Cuban author, of Spanish origins, José Martí is an essential figure for understanding literature and contemporary way of life in Latin America. Founder of the Cuban Revolutionary Party and organizer of his country's War of Independence, he is also the creator of literary modernism in Latin America, which had a great impact in Spain. This anthology brings together his poetry, a selection of his political and literary essays, as well as samples of his correspondences, speeches, and journalistic texts. All of this offers a complete vision of one of the most influential authors in the Spanish language, admired by writers such as Rubén Darío, María Zambrano, Juan Ramón Jiménez, and Gabriela Mistral.

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Marti is a symbol of Cuban independence, for he campaigned throughout his life for its liberation and finally died in the war against Spain. He was also an important literary figure and one of the founders of modernism. Rejecting the elaborate aestheticism of many modernists, he wrote in a simpler style based largely on folk poetry, as in "Ismaelillo" and "Versos Sencillos." Much of his poetry deals with the struggle for freedom and his political and emotional exile from his homeland. He was also an accomplished prose stylist in a much more intricate fashion and influenced the later development of the short story and essay. His writings, now collected, many of which were originally published in newspapers, are essential for an understanding of the Spanish American independence process.

(Bowker Author Biography)