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Nicanor Segundo Parra Sandoval (5 September 1914 – 23 January 2018) was a Chilean poet and physicist. He was considered one of the most influential Chilean poets of the Spanish language in the 20th century, often compared with Pablo Neruda.
Learn about the life and poetry of Nicanor Parra, a Chilean poet who challenged the conventions of Latin American poetry with his "anti-poetry". Explore his collections, translations, and interviews on the Poetry Foundation website.
Nicanor Parra (born September 5, 1914, San Fabian, Chile—died January 23, 2018, Santiago) was one of the most important Latin American poets of his time, the originator of so-called antipoetry (poetry that opposes traditional poetic techniques or styles).
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Jan 23, 2018 · Jan. 23, 2018. Nicanor Parra, a Chilean poet whose use of direct, colloquial and playful language, often for ironic and comic effect, pioneered the literary movement that became known as...
- Sewell Chan
Feb 2, 2018 · Alejandro Zambra remembers the Chilean poet Nicanor Parra, in an essay translated, from the Spanish, by Megan McDowell.
Jan 29, 2018 · Nicanor Parra died last week at the age of a hundred three. Here, David Unger remembers a collaboration with Parra that seemed doomed from the start.
Jan 23, 2018 · The Chilean poet Nicanor Parra has died aged 103 at his home in Las Cruces, his family has confirmed. Parra, who described himself as an "anti-poet", shunned traditional poetic...
