José Santos Chocano

José Santos Chocano Gastañodi (14 May 1875 – 13 December 1934) was a Peruvian poet and political activist, whose work was widely praised across Europe and Latin America. Quotes Inmóvil como un ídolo sagrado,ceñido en mallas de compacto acero,está ante el agua estático y sombrío,a manera de un príncipe encantadoque vive eternamente prisioneroen el palacio de cristal de un río. Translation:Unmoving as a venerated idolEncased in dense links of steelOutlined against the water, sombre and transfixedLike some enchanted princeHeld prisoner foreverIn the river’s crystal palace. El sueño del caimán (Dream of a Caiman), translated by Jean Morris (1906) Soy el cantor de América autóctono y salvaje:mi lira tiene un alma, mi canto un ideal.Mi verso no se mece colgado de un ramajecon un vaivén pausado de hamaca tropical. Translation:I am the aboriginal and savage singer of America;my lyre has a soul, my song has an ideal.My poetry does not swing from the branchesWith the slow movement of a tropical hammock. 1906, Alma América, 'Blasón' (translated as 'Blazon', 1935) See also Category:1875 births Category:1934 deaths Category:Poets from Peru Category:Political activists Category:Prisoners Category:Murdered people Category:People from Lima