Antonio Porchia

Antonio Porchia (November 13, 1885 – November 9, 1968) was an Argentinian poet.

Antonio Porchia

Porchia was born in Conflenti, Italy, but, after the death of his father in 1900, moved to Argentina.[1]

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.[2][3]

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.[4] 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
  1. Bolleter, Ross (2018). The crow flies backwards and other new zen koans. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 978-1-61429-313-2. OCLC 1008759077.
  2. Ríos, Alberto (2005). The theater of night. Port Townsend, Wash.: Copper Canyon Press. p. 119. ISBN 1-55659-230-2. OCLC 58790962.
  3. 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.
  4. Craven, Peter (2001). The best Australian essays 2001. Melbourne: Black Inc. p. 518. ISBN 9781863950916. OCLC 48793428.
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