Poem

Jara (Spanish)

Title	Jara (Spanish)
Author	Tomás Mac Síomóin

Instances of Publication

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Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
21 Dán/Poemes/Poemas	2010	Print Collection	View Details

Translations

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Title	Author	Collection/Anthology	Year	View Details
Concentration Camps	Denis Devlin	Earth Voices Whispering: An Anthology of Irish War Poetry, 1914-1945	2009	View Details

Publication Instance Details #1264

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	21 Dán/Poemes/Poemas
Date of Publication	2010
Publisher	Coiscéim (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	99-100

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	State Violence Assassination Torture
Irish Context	Colonization and Colonial Legacy (Ireland) Irish Language/Culture
Languages	Spanish
Original Language	Irish
Original Poem	Jara
Original Author	Tomás Mac Síomóin
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	En el caso de Victor Jara, famoso cantante chileno asesinado por las fuerza de Pinochet después del golpe de estado al gobierno de Salvador Allende, due la guitarra el instrumento. En el caso de los irlandeses - el enemigo mató a muchos poetas y arpistas - el instrumento fue el arpa. Siempra la misma brutalidad! Siempre la misma mentira!
Notes	The poem explores links between Irish and Chilean oppression due to foreign invasions and take-overs. Irish harpers were often killed and maimed by the English invaders to stifle aspects of Irish culture. Victor Jara, a guitarist, musician, teacher, activist, and supporter of the socialist President of Chile, Allende, was tortured and killed by followers of the dictator Pinochet in Chile, after the 1973 right-wing CIA-assisted coup of Chile.

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