Item Summary

Poster has original signature by printmaker Juan R. Fuentes.

The Spanish original of Ernesto Cardenal's poem and the English translation read as follows:

A ERNESTO CASTILLO MI SOBRINO Recuerdo Ernesto cuando volviste de tu entrenamiento y hablabas de armas "lindísimas" que habias aprendido a manejar "es linda, mamá," le decías a tu mamá, como quien habla de la belleza de una muchacha. Después una bala de francotirador te dió en la cara cuando saltabas a la calle en León gritando, para animar a los de tu escuadra que te seguían. ¡PATRIA LIBRE O MORIR! Poeta caído a los 20 años. Estoy pensando en este Ernesto ahora que los niños son besados por los soldados y hay un taller de poesía en la Policía y el ejército de Alfabetización con su uniforme azul y gris está regado por todo el país, y hay Reforma Agraria y los niños vendeperiódicos y limpiabotas son llevados a jugar y . . . bueno, de verdad que fueron lindísimas esas armas (y recuerdo el brillo de tus ojos cuando lo decías.)

FOR ERNESTO CASTILLO, MY NEPHEW I remember Ernesto when you came back from drill and were talking of the "prettiest" weapons you'd learned to handle "so pretty, mama," you told your mother, like someone talking about a girl. Later a direct hit caught you in the face when you took a street in Leon shouting to inspire the squad following you. A FREE COUNTRY OR DEATH! A poet fallen, 20 years old. I'm thinking of that Ernesto Now that kids are kissed by soldiers and there's a poetry workshop for the Police and the Literacy Army with its grey and blue uniforms is scattered throughout the land, and there's Agrarian Reform and the newsboys and bootblacks can have some fun and . . . well, really those weapons were the prettiest (and I remember the sparkle in your eyes when you said it.)

Descriptive Information

Title
En lucha. Ernesto Cardenal: Minister of Culture, Nicaragua, Poet / Priest.
Sort Title
en lucha. ernesto cardenal: minister of culture, nicaragua, poet / priest.
Date Created
1983
Format
Posters
Provenance
Original print was returned to David Magier, PUL’s Associate University Librarian for Collections and Access Services.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated

Discovery Information

Geographic Subject
Nicaragua
Geographic Origin
Nicaragua

Physical Characteristics

Height
55
Width
40
Page Count
1
File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Latin American Ephemera
Box number
52
Folder number
1
Barcode
32101100149663
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/ephemera_folders/4710f460-7bf6-4a5d-ba32-774ea92cdcf4/manifest