Instituto Cervantes, in collaboration with the Embassy of Colombia, presents a literary recital of poems by the renowned Colombian poet Fernando Denis. Fernando will talk about his work and the poems he has written inspired by the landscape painter William Turner, in conversation with the Colombian Ambassador, HE Mr Roy Barreras. In Spanish with simultaneous interpretation into English.
Fernando Denis was born in Ciénaga, Magdalena, Colombia. His poetry sits at the transition between the pictorial image and the surrealists, which has led many to consider him an imaginary poet, a disciple of the first Pound. He is the creator and director of the Zenócrate collection of Hispanic American literature.
His books of poems include: La criatura invisible en los crepúsculos de William Turner (1997); Ven a estas arenas amarillas (2004), El vino rojo de las sílabas (2007), La geometría del agua (2009), La mujer que sueña en las murallas (2013), Diálogos con la escultura secreta. Antología personal (2013), Los mosaicos de Babilonia (2015), Alguien enciende las lámparas de octubre (2018); Las palabras son criaturas luminosas (2019), Las diatribas de un color imposible (2020), Ven a estas arenas amarillas. Antología Poética (2022).
The audience will have the opportunity to ask the poet questions about his creative process and Turner's influence. After the reading, a cocktail will be offered to the audience.
This event is aimed at an audience interested in the poetry of Fernando Denis, and the art of the painter William Turner. It is open to the general public.
Register now and come along on 9 December to enjoy the poems of this wonderful poet!
