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Memory and Utopia: The Poetry of José Ángel Valente

Apr

28

Memory and Utopia: The Poetry of José Ángel Valente

by Instituto Cervantes Manchester and Leeds

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Thu, 28 April 2022

18:00 – 19:30 BST

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Find out the new research about Galician poet José Ángel Valente

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The Instituto Cervantes in Manchester presents the latest study on the Galician poet José Ángel Valente, in a conversation between its author Manus O'Dwyer and the academic Margarita García Candeira.

Synopsis of Manus O'Dwyer's book Memory and Utopia. The Poetry of José Ángel Valente (MHRA, 2022)

Lauded by many as one of twentieth-century Spain’s greatest poets, José Ángel Valente (1929–2000) remains one of the defining, if at times divisive, figures in Spanish poetry. O’Dwyer’s new study draws attention to the cultural and historical context within which Valente developed his sophisticated poetics, and seeks to counter a widespread view of him as a modern mystic, unconcerned with the political. Valente read deeply from a twentieth-century tradition of Jewish thought and poetry — absorbing the work of Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch, Gershom Scholem, Emmanuel Levinas, Edmond Jabes, and Paul Celan: writers who shared Valente’s ethical responsibility to the victims of twentieth-century totalitarian violence, and his commitment to utopian ideals. This study will serve to introduce English speakers to Valente’s work but is also a contribution to contemporary scholarship and debate in literary theory, memory studies, and Spanish poetry.

Dr Manus O'Dwyer completed a doctoral dissertation on the work of José Ángel Valente at the University of Santiago de Compostela in 2016. He has taught at Trinity College Dublin, Durham University, and the University of Sheffield.

Margarita García Candeira teaches Literature at the University of Huelva, in Spain. She studied at the Universities of Santiago de Compostela and Cambridge, and did her PhD on the trajectory of the Spanish poet Luis García Montero. She has specialized in poetics of modernity, and has studied the works of contemporary Peninsular poets such as José Ángel Valente, Antonio Gamoneda and Jorge Riechmann.

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For more information, please contact cultman@cervantes.es

El Instituto Cervantes de Manchester presenta el último estudio sobre el poeta gallego José Ángel Valente, en una conversación entre su autor Manus O'Dwyer y la académica Margarita García Candeira.

Sinopsis del libro de Manus O'Dwyer Memory and Utopia. The Poetry of José Ángel Valente (MHRA, 2022)

Alabado por muchos como uno de los mejores poetas españoles del siglo XX, José Ángel Valente (1929-2000) sigue siendo una de las figuras definitorias, aunque a veces divisivas, de la poesía española. El nuevo estudio de O'Dwyer llama la atención sobre el contexto cultural e histórico en el que Valente desarrolló su sofisticada poética, y trata de contrarrestar la opinión generalizada de que es un místico moderno, despreocupado de lo político. Valente leyó profundamente la tradición de pensamiento y poesía judía del siglo XX, absorbiendo la obra de Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch, Gershom Scholem, Emmanuel Levinas, Edmond Jabes y Paul Celan: escritores que compartían la responsabilidad ética de Valente con las víctimas de la violencia totalitaria del siglo XX y su compromiso con los ideales utópicos. Un estudio que sirve para introducir a los angloparlantes en la obra de Valente, pero también es una contribución a la erudición contemporánea y al debate en la teoría literaria, los estudios de la memoria y la poesía española.

Manus O'Dwyer realizó una tesis doctoral sobre la obra de José Ángel Valente en la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela en 2016. Ha impartido clases en el Trinity College de Dublín, la Universidad de Durham y la Universidad de Sheffield.

Margarita García Candeira es profesora de Literatura en la Universidad de Huelva, en España. Estudió en las universidades de Santiago de Compostela y Cambridge e hizo su doctorado sobre la trayectoria del poeta Luis García Montero. Se ha especializado en poéticas de la modernidad, y ha estudiado la obra de poetas peninsulares contemporáneos como José Ángel Valente, Antonio Gamoneda y Jorge Riechmann.

Actividad en línea y en inglés.

Para más información, contactar: cultman@cervantes.es

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