by Rafael Pombo · CONACULTA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789701861837
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«La pobre viejecita / El renacuajo paseador» is Rafael Pombo's book of children's fables, published by CONACULTA in paperback (24 pages).
This volume brings together two verse fables from Hispanic American children's literature. «La pobre viejecita» is a satire on greed and dissatisfaction. «El renacuajo paseador» recounts the misadventures of Rinrín Renacuajo for not following his mother's advice. This edition is bilingual and includes translations into indigenous languages.
Published in 2001, it includes the subtitle «An Tsakam Uxkwe' Láb; an Belelma't'imk'wa'», a version of the titles in indigenous languages.
Aimed at child and young adult readers, and at those interested in Hispanic American literature and linguistic diversity.
José Rafael de Pombo y Rebolledo was a Colombian poet born in Bogotá. Trained as a mathematician and an engineer in a military school, Rafael Pombo served in the army and he traveled to the United States of America as Secretary of the Legation in Washington. After completing his diplomatic assignment, he was hired by D. Appleton & Company in New York to translate into Spanish nursery rhymes from the Anglo-Saxon oral tradition. The product of this work, more than a translation, was a transformative adaptation published in two books under the titles Cuentos pintados para niños and Cuentos morales para niños formales.
