Celeste, Daughter of the Earth and Other Early Poems

A collection of lyrical, philosophical early poems by “one of Chile’s foremost poets” (Publishers Weekly)

Enrique Lihn is among the most important Chilean poets, alongside Nicanor Parra, since the generation of Gabriela Mistral, Vicente Huidobro, and Pablo Neruda. Lihn’s first two poetry books represented here—Nada se escurre (Nothing Slips Away), 1949, and Poemas de este tiempo y de otro (Poems of This Time and Another), 1955—introduce his dark, lyric genius and existential intensity. These...