PARAGUAYAN POETRY – Herib Campos Cervera

All of the scholars on Paraguayan literature, say that his work is the starting point of a new poetic conception. His poetry, retains the imprint of exile and political persecution. Europeans arrived in Paraguay in the sixteenth century, and the first residential settlement was the foundation of the city of Asunción. Herib Camposs Cervera was born in Asunción, Paraguay, on …

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SON OF MAN – Romance by Augusto Roa Bastos

Augusto Roa Bastos es quizá el escritor paraguayo más conocido en el mundo (uno de los protagonistas de la narrativa lationoamericana de la segunda mitad del siglo XX). Escribió casi toda su obra en el exilio. Se estableció en Francia, donde ejerció el periodismo y la docencia universitaria. La obra de Roa Bastos se caracteriza por armonizar el legado guaraní …

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PARAGUAYAN MUSIC

Paraguayan Music and Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELb3SSvCJEM Traditional Paraguayan Harp Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR7UcQ8R7M0 Agustín Barrios: Classics of the Americas: Paraguay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKdZxkrq-eQ Ausencia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OBT6359NtY

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FAR, NEAR, STUCK TO YOU – Argentina Music

Argentina folk music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZcuW3xFRMw The best Argentina tango music, instrumental https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZfgd4TMsHI Argentina Music – Cuculi by Los Calchakis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkY1MZDmomw Hang Musica Argentina – LiveMetalArt Handpan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iysjz74yFVc

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THE LIBRARY OF BABEL – Novel by Jorge Luis Borges

The first books that he read (from the library of his father, a man of wide-ranging intellect who taught at an English school), included The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Jorge Luis Borges was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His family, which had been notable in Argentine history, included British ancestry, and he learned English before Spanish. His first published book …

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SPANISH LOVE POETRY

AMOR – Juan Ramón Jiménez El amor, ¿a qué huele? Parece, cuando se ama, que el mundo entero tiene rumor de primavera. Las hojas secas tornan y las ramas con nieve, y él sigue ardiente y joven, oliendo a la rosa eterna. Por todas partes abre guirnaldas invisibles, todos sus fondos son líricos -risa o pena, la mujer a su …

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