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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.
- Creator of work
- Ernesto Cardenal and Juan R. Fuentes
- 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
- Subject
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- Arts and culture
- Artists
- Literature
- Politics and culture
- Politics and government
- Revolutionaries
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Religion and politics
- 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
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/ephemera_folders/4710f460-7bf6-4a5d-ba32-774ea92cdcf4/manifest










