Aqu era el paraso / Here Was Paradise - Seleccin de poemas de Humberto Ak'abal / Selected Poems of Humberto Ak'abal

A collection of poetry by one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas about the vanished world of his childhood - that of the Maya K'iche'.

About the author

HUMBERTO AK'ABAL was born in the Maya K'iche' village Momostenango in Guatemala in 1952. He worked as a blanket weaver (one of the activities for which Momostenango is renowned,) a shepherd, a sweeper, then a garment maker in a maquila in Guatemala City. When he was thirty-eight, he published his first book of poetry. Ak'abal is famous worldwide as one of the great contemporary poets in the Spanish language, and one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas, having written over twenty-five books. 

He died in January 2019, leaving his widow, Mayulí Bieri, and son Nakil Ak'abal Bieri.

Summary

A collection of poetry by one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas about the vanished world of his childhood - that of the Maya K'iche'.

Product details

• Authors: Humberto Ak’abal, Humberto Ak'abal
• Assisted by: Amelia Lau Carling (Illustration), Patricia Aldana (Editor), Hugh Hazelton (Translation)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 9
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.08.2021
• EAN: 9781773064956
• ISBN: 978-1-77306-495-6
• No. of pages: 172
• Weight: 594 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs; JUVENILE FICTION / Stories in Verse (see also Poetry), POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Nature, POETRY / Caribbean & Latin American, Children’s / Teenage: Poetry, JUVENILE FICTION / Poetry, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Animals & Nature