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José Lezama Lima

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Havana, Cuba

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Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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José Lezama Lima (December 19, 1910 in Havana, Cuba - August 8, 1976 in Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban writer and poet who is considered one of the most influential figures in Latin American literature.

Although he only left Cuba on at most two occasions (one trip to Jamaica and a possible trip to Mexico), Lezama's poetry, essays and two novels draw images and ideas from nearly all of the world's cultures and from all historical time periods. The baroque style that he forged relied equally upon his Góngora-influenced syntax and stunning constellations of unlikely images. Lezama Lima's first published work, a long poem called "Muerte de Narciso," released when he was only twenty-seven, made him immediately famous within Cuba and established Lezama...more

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Books by José Lezama Lima

Average rating: 4.09 · 173 ratings · 21 reviews · 31 distinct works

	Paradiso 4.06 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1974 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Jose Lezama Lima: Selections 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Poesia 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	La Expresion Americana 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1969 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Oppiano Licario 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1990	My rating:
	Muerte de Narciso: antología poética 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	cantidad hechizada ... 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1974	My rating:
	Poesia Completa Jose Lezama Lima 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:
	Fragmentos A Su Imán 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:
	visualidad infinita 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1994	My rating:

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“Ángel de la jiribilla, ruega por nosotros. Y sonríe. Obliga a que suceda. Enseña una de tus alas, lee: Realízate, cúmplete, sé anterior a la muerte. Repite: Lo imposible al actuar sobre lo posible, engendra un posible en la infinidad. Ya la imagen ha creado una causalidad, es el alba de la era poética entre nosotros. Ahora ya sabemos que la única certeza se engendra en lo que nos rebasa.

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― José Lezama Lima

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“Heidegger sostiene que el hombre es un ser para la muerte; todo poeta, sin embargo, crea la resurrección, entona ante la muerte un hurra victorioso. Y si alguno piensa que exagero, quedará preso de los desastres, del demonio y de los círculos infernales.”
― José Lezama Lima

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