Creator Bio
João Pinto Delgado
1580–1653
Born in Vila Nova de Portimão, Portugal, to a family of New Christians, João Moses Pinto Delgado moved to Antwerp with his parents but later returned to Portugal to complete his studies. From 1624 to 1626, Pinto Delgado lived in Rouen, France, where he published a book of Spanish poetry centered on the figure of Queen Esther. In 1634, he moved to Amsterdam and openly adopted Judaism.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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The Prayer of Queen Esther
Meanwhile the queen, wracked by internal anguish,
invites the king and Haman to her banquet
and in joyous hope awaits the sacred stream
of divine mercy form the holy fount-head;
her humble soul bowed…
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Upon Leaving Lisbon
Here is the infamous [city] gate,
the one of the olive branch and the sword,
for those who leave, it is so closed
and for those who enter, so open.
If in you peace is exiled
you cannot offer that…