Susa 2012 80 Pages Original title: Baita hondakinak ere ISBN: 978-84-92468-36-2
This is Iñigo Astiz´s first poetry book. Between poetry and performance, body and geography, trauma and irony, family and history, the author tries to embody Gottfried Benn´s statement, that loving the statues. Starting with an apparently infantile gesture of eating soil, the book ends with a long poem about the problematic relationship the Basque people have with their recent history and identity, written in the mirror of Allen Ginsberg´s famous poem ´A
Iñigo Astiz (Iruñea, 1985) is a Basque journalist and poet. He has published several poetry books, including Baita hondakinak ere (The Remains Too) and Analfabetoa (The Illiterate), as well as one children’s´ poetry book titled Joemak eta poemak (Pames and goems), illustrated by Maite Mutuberria, which was awarded the Basque national literary prize. His poetry has been analysed and anthologised in Basque and Spanish books and journals. He is also the author of a chronicle called Kixotenean (Rikardo Arregi Journalism Prize), and has created the picture-books Haserrea (Anger) and Kixkur (Curly), in collaboration with the illustrators Leire Salaberria and Mikel Valverde. He has also edited an anthology of Sandro Penna´s poems with his own translations and he has also translated Sylvia Plath´s Ariel and Other Poems into Basque. He has written lyrics for several highly-regarded Basque musicians such as Eñaut Elorrieta, Gari and Jabier Muguruza, and he has also received critical praise for his live poetry performances.
info@basquebooks.eus
To download a book sample please provide us with a valid email.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.