“Stachura en cuarto menguante”:The New Creation of Edward Stachura and Amereida Cover Image

„Stachura en cuarto menguante”. Nowe ustanowienie Edwarda Stachury i Amereidy
“Stachura en cuarto menguante”:The New Creation of Edward Stachura and Amereida

Author(s): Magdalena Barbaruk
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Edward Stachura; geopoetics; Amereida; Michel Deguy; Paris

Summary/Abstract: This paper proposes a geopoetic interpretation of an unknown thread of Edward Stachura’s biography, related to the Polish writer’s stay in Paris,where he met, among others, the poets Michel Deguy and EdisonSimons,participants of the expedition of the so-calledtraves ́ıa de Amereida(1965).The starting point of the discussion is the analysis of a sentence from a Latin American poem Amereida(1967) “hoy soy todos los mendigos / a cuerpode rey / con / stachura en cuarto menguante” [today I am all the beggars /with the body of a king / with / stachura in the last quarter]. The author interprets the surprising fact of finding “stachura” in a text written during a South American expedition, when a group of poets, architects, and sculptors led by God of redo Iommi (Godo) explored the unknown “inner sea”. She also draws attention to the role of Juan Pablo Iommi Amun ́ategui, Godo’s son, in the last years of Stachura’s life. The following interpretation is inspired by the concept proposed by Vinciane Despret. Shecalls themthe dead ”geographers” who establish other places, routes,and stories. It is part of the research on the manifestations of the complicated relations of the living and the dead.This paper proposes a geopoetic interpretation of an unknown thread of Edward Stachura’s biography, related to the Polish writer’s stay in Paris,where he met, among others, the poets Michel Deguy and Edison Simons,participants of the expedition of the so-called traves ́ıa de Amereida(1965).The starting point of the discussion is the analysis of a sentence from a Latin American poem Amereida(1967) “hoy soy todos los mendigos / a cuerpode rey / con / stachura en cuarto menguante” [today I am all the beggars /with the body of a king / with / stachura in the last quarter]. The author interprets the surprising fact of finding “stachura” in a text written during a South American expedition, when a group of poets, architects, and sculptors led by Godofredo Iommi (Godo) explored the unknown “inner sea”. She also draws attention to the role of Juan Pablo Iommi Amun ́ategui,Godo’s son, in the last years of Stachura’s life. The following interpretation is inspired by the concept proposed by Vinciane Despret. She calls them the dead ”geographers” who establish other places, routes,and stories. It is part of the research on the manifestations of the complicated relations of the living and the dead.This paper proposes a geopoetic interpretation of an unknown thread of Edward Stachura’s biography, related to the Polish writer’s stay in Paris,where he met, among others, the poets Michel Deguy and Edison Simons,participants of the expedition of the so-calledtraves ́ıa de Amereida(1965).The starting point of the discussion is the analysis of a sentence from a Latin American poem Amereida(1967) “hoy soy todos los mendigos / a cuerpode rey / con / stachura en cuarto menguante” [today I am all the beggars /with the body of a king / with / stachura in the last quarter]. The author interprets the surprising fact of finding “stachura” in a text written during a South American expedition, when a group of poets, architects, and sculptors led by Godofredo Iommi (Godo) explored the unknown “inner sea”. She also draws attention to the role of Juan Pablo Iommi Amun ́ategui,Godo’s son, in the last years of Stachura’s life. The following interpretation is inspired by the concept proposed by Vinciane Despret. She calls them the dead ”geographers” who establish other places, routes,and stories. It is part of the research on the manifestations of the complicated relations of the living and the dead.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 121-136
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English
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