Antonio Porchia (November 13, 1885 – November 9, 1968) was an Argentine poet.
Porchia was born in Conflenti, Italy, but, after the death of his father in 1900, moved to Argentina.
Porchia wrote a Spanish book entitled Voces ("Voices"), a book of aphorisms. It has since been translated into Italian and into English (by W.S. Merwin, Copper Canyon Press, 2003), French, and German.
A very influential, yet extremely succinct writer, Porchia has been a cult author for a number of renowned figures of contemporary literature and thought such as André Breton, Jorge Luis Borges, Don Paterson, Roberto Juarroz and Henry Miller, amongst others. Some critics have paralleled his work to Japanese haiku and found many similarities with a number of Zen schools of thought.
Works
- Voces (1943), English translation by W. S. Merwin: Voices, Copper Canyon Press, 2003, ISBN 1-55659-189-6
References
- Bolleter, Ross (2018). The crow flies backwards and other new zen koans. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 978-1-61429-313-2. OCLC 1008759077.
- Ríos, Alberto (2005). The theater of night. Port Townsend, Wash.: Copper Canyon Press. p. 119. ISBN 1-55659-230-2. OCLC 58790962.
- Orr, Gregory (2002). The Caged Owl : New & Selected Poems. Port Townsend, Wash.: Copper Canyon Press. pp. IV. ISBN 978-1-61932-063-5. OCLC 1295894766.
- Craven, Peter (2001). The best Australian essays 2001. Melbourne: Black Inc. p. 518. ISBN 9781863950916. OCLC 48793428.
External links
- Antonio Porchia's Voces Website
- The Extraordinary Story of Antonio Porchia An essay of Prof. Vincenzo Villella
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