Title of translation:
Miguel Hernández’ Speech to his Companions in the Ocaña Jail
Original title:
Discurso de Miguel Hernández a sus compañeros de la cárcel de Ocaña
Original author:
Miguel Hernández
Country of origin:
España
Translator:
Constance Marina
Date of source text publication:
1940
Date of translation publication:
2020
Abstract:
Miguel Hernández’ speech to his companions in the Ocaña Jail was inspired by a meal his friends prepared for him on his release from twenty-five days of solitary confinement. Known as the People’s Poet, Miguel Hernández fought on the side of the Republic in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). [...] As in the Cancionero, in his prison speech Hernández decries man’s inhumanity to man, yet he rises above his hatred to plead for positive, fraternal cooperation among Spaniards. --Constance Marina, the translator
Genre:
Otros / Other
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