Memory of the World - Latin America and the Caribbean
Pablo Neruda’s General Song. First edition, 1950
It was Neruda himself who through his testimony captured by writer Alfredo Cardona commented that the objective of writing the Canto General was to architect sic a poem for all of our America Following Cardona the poems constitute a set of songs to the land to the workers to the hurting and betrayed race but without losing the hope of achieving peace In other words the songs deal with the struggle of the American peoples for their freedom It could be said that he captured the essence of mid20th century America That bitter and agitated song created from great geographical leaps meditated on in jail intuited in the midst of anxiety but at the same time happy healthy and optimistic was captured in a stupendous edition achieved in 1950 by Talleres Gráficos de la Nación thanks to the work of designer Miguel Prieto with the artistic collaboration of Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros with whom the author shared socialist ideas Four artists gathered with the same objective This edition uniquely gathers all the elements to be considered one of the great and last typographical works of the 20th century in America
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