Selected works by José Antonio Ramos Sucre and translated by Guillermo Parra

This is poetry from Venezuela.

Selected works by José Antonio Ramos Sucre translated by Guillermo Parra is published by Uno Press. This is a Selected originally written in Spanish. This was published in 2012.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781608010905E12.

Reading Selected works as part of this translated poetry project means letting José Antonio Ramos Sucre’s work reach English through Guillermo Parra without requiring it to become immediately familiar. The book suggests José Antonio Ramos Sucre’s selected work, a Venezuelan entrance into compressed prose-poetic intensity, historical shadow, and feverish inwardness. That matters because translation is not only a recovery of content; it is also a change in atmosphere, a new body for cadence, silence, and pressure. Published by Uno Press, this entry gives readers a way to move through Venezuela by way of language rather than tourism. I would keep the description rooted in feeling, image, and readerly permission.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

Check out more of the always in-progress translated poetry index here.