by María Zambrano · Ediciones Cátedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437630380
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The Tomb of Antigone is a work by María Zambrano that explores the tragic figure of Antigone from a philosophical and personal perspective. Through various texts, Zambrano analyzes the reasons for the author's interest in Sophocles' character, embodying in her an era repressed by the civil war and exile. In this work, Zambrano abandons her essayistic style and constructs various voices for her fictional characters, where Antigone speaks and listens, illuminating and being illuminated in a world of intertwined voices and echoes.
María Zambrano Alarcón was a Spanish philosopher, intellectual, and essayist. Her extensive work between poetic reflection and civic engagement was not recognized in Spain until the last quarter of the 20th century, after a nearly 45-year-long exile. In 1988, Zambrano became the first woman to receive the Premio Cervantes, the highest literary honor in the Spanish-speaking world. She is increasingly regarded as one of the most important voices of the 20th century, and Spanish scholarship often places her alongside thinkers such as Simone Weil and Hannah Arendt, as well as her close friend and contemporary Rosa Chacel.
