A direct subsidy programme launched in 1948 by UNESCO in order to encourage translation, publication and the distribution of texts significant from the literary and cultural point of view, in spite of being little known beyond national boundaries or beyond the frame of their linguistic origin.
one such work is from my homeland:
UNESCO edition (english)
cowhide illustrated limited edition (english)
i'm ashamed to say that i've never ready martín fierro myself, but i do know that it is a beautiful and oft-sassy epic poem about a gaucho (argentine cowboy) that paints a gorgeous picture of pampas life in argentina. i've put it on my christmas list, so i'll be reading it soon. it's available as a free ebook online as well, so you can read it in spanish online and even download it to your kindle for free.
you can browse the rest of the representative works collection using the search feature on the website, which allows you to search by country or language or even by type (poem, play, novel, philosophy), or at the UNESCO Bookshop. cool, huh?
happy reading!
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1 comments:
How about reading it yourself this Christmas?
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