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This is a sumptiously illustrated book replete with notes and essays about the avant garde Spanish poets of the twentieth century. In addition, the dvd documents film and video of some of their performances, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The works in this portfolio are facsimiles of three periodicals and an exhibition catalogue of the 1930s in which Huidobro was a contributor. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This is the English translation of the book originally written in French that is also held by the Sackner Archive. The content mainly consists of brief aphorisms.Internet: Vicente Huidobro was born in Chile in 1893. As a youth he traveled to Paris where he lived for many years, befriending both French and Spanish poets such a Guillaume Apollinaire, Pierre Reverdy, Juan Larrea and Jorge Luis Borges. His manifestos, which crystallized his poetics of Creationism, were published in French in 1925, the year in which he returned to Chile to become the editor of a newspaper. During this period he ran for the presidency of Chile, but was defeated, after which he returned to Paris, where he wrote novels and, in 1931, the poetic work 'Altazor'. 'Manifestos Manifest' contains autobiographical reassessments of his writing, such as "Manifestos Manifest" and "Creationism", more typically manifesto-like statements such as "Futurism and Machinism" and "Manifestos Mayhaps," and comically inspired...

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Several works held by the Sackner Archive are reproduced in this exhibition catalogue. These include Apollinaire's personal handcolored copy (the Sackners also have a handcolored copy) of the Exhibition Catalogue of Leopold Survage and Irene Lagut (page 91), Angelo Rognoni's Parole in Liberta, "Bombardeo en la Costa," on page 102, Schwitters and Van Doesberg's poster, "Programa de la Kleine Dada Soiree," and Schwitters book, "Die Scheuche Marchen." Includes essays on Erik Satie and Henri Michaux among others. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.