by José Martí · ISBN 9789592711860
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«Versos sencillos / Simple Verses» is José Martí's poetry collection in a Spanish-English bilingual edition, with translation and introduction by Manuel A. Tellechea.
Poetic work by José Martí whose first edition appeared in 1891. This bilingual edition reproduces the poems in Spanish with their English translation by Manuel A. Tellechea, and includes an introduction by the translator.
Edition published in 2014 in the series Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage, dedicated to recovering the Hispanic literary heritage of the United States.
José Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the liberation of his country from Spain. He was also an important figure in Latin American literature. He was a political activist and is considered an important philosopher and political theorist. Through his writings and political activity, he became a symbol of Cuba's bid for independence from the Spanish Empire in the 19th century and is referred to as the "Apostle of Cuban Independence". From adolescence on, he dedicated his life to the promotion of liberty, political independence for Cuba, and intellectual independence for all Spanish Americans; his death was used as a cry for Cuban independence from Spain by both the Cuban revolutionaries and those Cubans previously reluctant to start a revolt.
