Renowned Chilean poet Raúl Zurita, in conversation with his translator Anna Deeny, explores the trajectory of his life and his poems: including his family history, his activism after the coup, his friendships with such writers as Nicanor Parra, and his plans for a final earthworks. Their wide-ranging conversation is interspersed with readings from relevant passages of his poetry and recitations of works by Pablo Neruda and Cesar Vallejo.
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Date: February 18, 2016, at Houghton Library, Harvard University.
