They Say ...

Juan Gelman

1993

inasmuch as men and women / in their infinite goodness /
believe in God / is it possible that God /
in his infinite goodness / believes in men and women
believes in me / right now / when my heart is purple with sadness /
it always seemed to me that God would dance the tango as gods do /
(at the atlanta club of my beloved city) /
in the argentine…
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Juan Gelman

1930–2014

Juan Gelman was born in Buenos Aires. He was a poet, journalist, political activist, and the founder of the publishing house Nueva Expresión. After the coup in Argentina in 1976, Gelman was forced into exile for twelve years. He received the highest Spanish literary honor, the 2007 Cervantes Prize. He later lived in Mexico.

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