Evaristo Ribera Chevremont

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ribera and the second or maternal family name is Chevremont.
Evaristo Ribera Chevremont
Born Evaristo Ribera Chevremont
February 16, 1890
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Died March 1st, 1976
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Occupation Poet
Nationality Puerto Rican

Evaristo Ribera Chevremont (February 16, 1890 in San Juan – March 1, 1976) is a poet from Puerto Rico. Although several of his published books deal with Puerto Rican nationality and regionalism, many of his verses excel in a universal lyrical character, as can be read in books such as El Caos de Los Sueños and El Hondero Lanzó la Piedra, among others.[1]

Literary Styles

Chevremont is considered to be one of the great poets of the Antilles and mid-twentieth century critics such as Federico de Onís and Concha Meléndez even considered him as one of the most important poets of the Spanish language. Ribera Chevremont traveled to Spain several times and established friendly ties with some writers' circles. He was much admired for his prolific poetic gift, and several of his works were published in that country, as well as in Puerto Rico. He mastered several modern poetic techniques, such as Hispanoamerican Modernism, European Ultraism and Suprarealism. He wrote in free verse as well as in traditional forms, specifically, sonnets, which he mastered fully, as seen in Sonetos del Mar, del Amor, de la Soledad, de la Muerte, de Dios, among others. His last book to reach the public, Sonetos a Galicia, a book dedicated to the land of his father, was published posthumously in 1994 by the poet's widow, María Luisa Méndez de Chevremont and his daughter Iris Ribera-Chevremont Méndez, through the Xunta de Galicia in Spain.[2]

Ribera Chevremont published his first volume of verse, Desfile Romántico, in 1914. In 1974, the poet published El Caos de los Sueños, a book of poems in free verse of a profound, lyrical and universal nature. In 1980, the University of Puerto Rico Press published a complete anthology of his poems in two large volumes, Evaristo Ribera Chevremont: Obra poetica Vol I & II. Besides that comprehensive collection, several poetry books have been posthumously published, such as Jinetes de la inmortalidad, El Libro de las Apologías, and Sonetos a Galicia.

Published books

Critical Bibliography

See also

References

  1. ↑ Evaristo Ribera Chevremont: Voz De Vanguardia by Marxuach, Carmen Irene
  2. ↑ Poesía Puertorriqueña, Act no52

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