Amelia Biagioni
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Amelia Biagioni was born in Gálvez
, Argentina
. She taught Spanish
and Spanish literature
in her native town and, after 1955, in Buenos Aires
. She began publishing poetry under a pseudonym in 1944, and resolved to use her own name only after 1950. Her pieces appeared in newspapers and reviews such as La Prensa
, La Nación
and International Poetry Review. The Hunts
is her first book translated into English
.
Gálvez
Gálvez is a village in the province of Toledo and autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain.-References:...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. She taught Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and Spanish literature
Spanish literature
Spanish literature generally refers to literature written in the Spanish language within the territory that presently constitutes the state of Spain...
in her native town and, after 1955, in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
. She began publishing poetry under a pseudonym in 1944, and resolved to use her own name only after 1950. Her pieces appeared in newspapers and reviews such as La Prensa
La Prensa (Buenos Aires)
La Prensa is an Argentine daily newspaper.Based in Buenos Aires, it was founded on 18 October 1869 by José C. Paz. La Prensa ranked among the most widely circulated dailies in Argentina in subsequent decades, earning a reputation for conservatism and support for British interests in Argentina...
, La Nación
La Nación
La Nación is an Argentine daily newspaper. The country's leading conservative paper, the centrist Clarín is its main competitor. It is the only newspaper in Argentina still published in broadsheet format.-Overview:...
and International Poetry Review. The Hunts
The Hunts
The Hunts, by Amelia Biagioni, is a book of poems written originally in Spanish.-Description:A bilingual edition of an astonishing poetic cycle that ranges across time and space to recreate the eternal hunt: the unstoppable, restless process of the universe chasing, tormenting and consuming...
is her first book translated into English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
.
Partial bibliography
- The HuntsThe HuntsThe Hunts, by Amelia Biagioni, is a book of poems written originally in Spanish.-Description:A bilingual edition of an astonishing poetic cycle that ranges across time and space to recreate the eternal hunt: the unstoppable, restless process of the universe chasing, tormenting and consuming...
. Grand Terrace, CA: Xenos BooksXenos BooksXenos Books is a publishing company in Riverside, California that was founded in 1985 by Karl Kvitko and Verona Weiss. The company is known for publishing bilingual books, and modern American and foreign writers in translation.- Poetry :...
, 2003, ISBN 1-879378-44-2 .