What Do You Expect, Heart?

by Olvido Garc Valdes

Overview

Drawn from International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong 2013, What Do You Expect, Heart? is a chapbook of poetry by Olvido García Valdés presented in Spanish, English, and Chinese. What Do You Expect, Heart? is also available, along with the chapbooks of other internationally renowned poets, in Islands or Continents (Eighteen-Volume Box Set). Selected poems from this volume are featured in the anthology Islands or Continents: International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong 2013.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789629966225
Publisher:	Chinese University Press, The
Publication date:	03/04/2014
Series:	Islands or Continents
Pages:	30
Product dimensions:	4.20(w) x 6.50(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

A poet, essayist and translator, Olvido García Valdés was born on December 2, 1950 in Asturias, Spain. She holds degrees in Philosophy from the University of Valladolid, and Romance Philology from the University of Oviedo. She resides in Toledo, Spain.

Her poetry collections, except for her most recent Lo solo del animal (2012), have been published together in one volume, Esa polilla que delante de mí revolotea (Poesía reunida 1982–2008). She has translated into Spanish Pier Paolo Pasolini's poetry books, and in collaboration a wide anthology of Anna Akhmatova and Marina Tsvetaeva. She is also author of the biographical essay Teresa de Jesús, texts for art catalogs and numerous works of literary reflection. She was co-editor of the literary magazines Los Infolios and El signo del gorrión. His poetry has been translated into many languages. Among other awards, in 2007 she was awarded the Premio Nacional de Poesía (National Poetry Prize) for her collection Y todos estábamos vivos (And We Were All Alive).

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