Spanish-American poetry in Serbia

Abstract

During the 20th century, an increased interest for the Hispano-American poetry in Serbia is particularly related to the period between 1961 and 1984, when a number of anthologies of different Hispano-American authors were published, most of them pertaining to contemporary literary movements (e.g., postmodernism, avant-garde, post avant-garde). In this period, eight anthologies were dedicated to the national poetries of Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, and Venezuela, with poems of various national poets. On the other hand, two anthologies were dedicated to Hispano- American poetry in general, with poems written by the most important Hispano-American poets. In this study, we intend to explore different spheres of interest produced by these anthologies, not only among the Serbian readers, but also among all the actors of their reception –translators, editors, editorials, etc. We do not pretend to offer a philological analysis of the poems gathered in the mentioned anthologies.