Altazor
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Altazor o el viaje en paracaídas, or simply Altazor, is the magnum opus of Chilean poet Vicente Huidobro, published in Madrid in 1931.
Altazor or the parachute trip
Picasso's portrait of Huidobro on a sign indicating his resting place on the coast of Chile
Pablo de Rokha
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Carlos Ignacio Díaz Loyola, known by the pseudonym Pablo de Rokha, was a Chilean vanguard poet. Awarded the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1965, de Rokha is considered one of the four greats
Altazor
…thought of as part of the Creacionismo (Creationism literary movement) along with Pablo Neruda's "Residencia en la Tierra", César Vallejo's "Trilce", and Pablo de Rokha's "Los gemidos". The name "altazor" is a combination of the noun "altura" ("altitude") and the adjective "azorado" ("bewildered" or "taken aback…
Pablo de Rokha, circa 1944
Statue of de Rokha in his hometown of Licantén, Chile