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Ernesto Cardenal

Born

in Granada, Nicaragua

January 20, 1925

Died

March 01, 2020

Genre

Poetry

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Reverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez was a Nicaraguan Catholic priest, poet, and politician. He was a liberation theologian and the founder of the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands, where he lived for more than ten years (1965–1977). A former member of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas (he left the party in the early 1990s), he was Nicaragua's minister of culture from 1979 to 1987.

His earlier poems focused on life and love. However, some works, such as "Zero Hour," had a direct correlation to his Marxist political ideas, being tied to the assassination of guerrilla leader Augusto César Sandino. Cardenal's poetry also was heavily influenced by his unique Catholic ideology, mainly liberation theology. Some of his later works ...more

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	The Gospel in Solentiname by Ernesto Cardenal, Donald D. Walsh (Translator) 4.16 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 1961 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cosmic Canticle by Ernesto Cardenal, John Lyons (Translator) 4.47 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1989 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zero hour and other documentary poems 4.42 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1980 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pluriverse: New and Selected Poems by Ernesto Cardenal, Jonathan Cohen (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.38 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apocalypse and Other Poems by Ernesto Cardenal, Donald D. Walsh (Editor), Robert Duguid Forrest Pring-Mill (Editor) 4.36 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1977 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Salmos 4.06 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1981 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Cuba (New Directions Books) 3.95 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1974 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Doubtful Strait / El estrecho dudoso 3.73 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1995 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vida en el amor 4.41 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marilyn Monroe, and other poems 4.11 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1965 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Esta sera mi venganza:
Que un dia llegue a tus manos el libro de un poeta famoso
y leas estas lineas que el autor escribio para ti
y tu no lo sepas!”
― Ernesto Cardenal

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“Al perderte...

Al perderte yo a ti
Tu y yo hemos perdido:
Yo por que tú eras
Lo que yo más amaba
Y tú por que yo era
El que te amaba más.
Pero de nosotros dos
Tú pierdes más que yo:
Porque yo podré amar a otros
Como te amaba a ti,
Pero a ti no te amarán
Como te amaba yo.”
― Ernesto Cardenal

tags: al-perderte, amor, poema

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“... You can't be with God and be neutral. / True contemplation is resistance. And poetry, / gazing at clouds is resistance I found out in jail.
”
― Ernesto Cardenal, Zero hour and other documentary poems

tags: catholicism, marxism, poetry

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This poll is for the selection of a Nicaraguan book.

Picture of Ernesto Cardenal by Óscar Badillo Pérez (Wikimedia)

Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand: A Novel of Adam and Eve
Gioconda Belli

5 votes, 50.0%

Stories
Sergio Ramírez

3 votes, 30.0%

Azul
Rubén Darío

2 votes, 20.0%

To Bury Our Fathers: A Novel of Nicaragua
Sergio Ramírez

0 votes, 0.0%

Zero Hour And Other Documentary Poems
Ernesto Cardenal

0 votes, 0.0%

10 total votes

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