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La Otra Julia / The Other Julia

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La otra Julia narra la corta e intensa vida de la poeta puertorriquea Julia de Burgos García, en la voz de una escritora que lidia con sus propios conflictos y dificultades. Novela ganadora de la beca John S. Guggenheim

La escritora ha lanzado una biografía sobre la gran poeta puertorriqueña Julia de Burgos García y recorre diferentes ciudades para dar conocer la obra. Eso, mientras intenta mantenerse a flote económicamente y criar a sus hijos sola.

Esta novela narra la historia de ambas.

Julia fue una figura controversial, que vivió una vida intensa, triste y corta. Nació en Puerto Rico en el seno de una familia de escasos recursos, siendo la mayor de 13 hermanos. Fue la única que asistió a la escuela y creció leyendo y escribiendo versos. A los 17 años obtuvo una beca para estudiar en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, con el objetivo de convertirse en maestra; a los 20 publicó su primer poema, se casó con su primer marido y dejó la enseñanza.

Pronto se afilió al Partido Nacionalista Puertorriqueño y se convirtió en Secretaria General de las Hijas de la Libertad, organización hermana del Partido Nacionalista Puertorriqueño. Cuatro años más tarde, autoeditó una colección de poesía y recorrió la Isla vendiendo ejemplares para pagar los tratamientos contra el cáncer de su madre.

A los 25 años se divorció de su primer marido e inició una relación sentimental con el exiliado político dominicano Juan Isidro Jiménez Grullón. Se trasladaron a Cuba y luego a Nueva York. Tras su separación, permaneció en Nueva York y se casó con Armando Marín, un músico puertorriqueño, pero se divorciaron al poco tiempo y ella cayó en la depresión y el alcoholismo.

Continuó escribiendo durante todo ese tiempo, explorando el nacionalismo y la identidad puertorriqueños, con atención al legado de esclavitud de la isla y al imperialismo estadounidense. Su obra también aborda temas como el amor, el feminismo y la justicia social universal.

En 1953 se desplomó en una acera de Harlem y falleció en el hospital: tenía 39 años. No llevaba identificación consigo y nadie reclamó su cuerpo, hasta que sus amigos y familiares la localizaron, organizaron el traslado de sus restos a Puerto Rico y la enterraron como una heroína en el Cementerio Municipal de Carolina, su ciudad natal.

Hasta su temprana muerte, publicó unos 200 poemas y su tercer libro se publicó un año después de su muerte.

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The Other Julia is the story of the brief but intense life of Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos García, by an author struggling with her own demons and conflicts. Winner of a John S. Guggenheim fellowship.

The Writer publishes a biography of the great Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos García, embarking on a book tour of different cities while trying to make ends meet and raise her children as a single mother.

This novel tells both their stories.

Julia was a polemical figure who lived an intense, sad and short life. Born in Puerto Rico to a family of few means, she was the eldest of 13 siblings and was the only one of them all to go to school. She began writing poetry as a child and at 17 was awarded a scholarship to the University of Puerto Rico, where she studied education. She published her first poem at the age of 20, married her first husband, and began working as a teacher.

Julia soon joined the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico and became Secretary General of the Daughters of Freedom, its women's branch. Four years later, she self-published a collection of poems and traveled the island selling copies to pay for her mother's cancer treatment.

At the age of 25, she divorced her first husband and began a romance with exiled Dominican politician Juan Isidro Jiménez Grullón. They moved to Cuba and later, New York. After they separated, Julia stayed in New York and married Armando Marín, a Puerto Rican musician. They divorced a short time later and she slipped into depression and alcoholism.

Through it all, Julia kept writing, exploring Puerto Rican nationalism and identity, especially the legacies of slavery and US imperialism. Her work also focused on topics related to love, feminism and universal social justice.

In 1953, Julia collapsed on a Harlem sidewalk and died soon after in the hospital. She was just 39. She had no ID with her, and no one claimed her body. Finally, her family and her friends managed to locate her remains and transfer them to Puerto Rico, where she received a hero's burial at the Municipal Cemetery in Carolina, the city of her birth.

During her short life, Julia published close to 200 poems. Her third book was released a year after her death.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798890981165
  • Publisher: Prh Grupo Editorial
  • Publisher Imprint: Vintage Espanol
  • Language: Spanish
  • Returnable: Y
  • ISBN-10: 8890981164
  • Publisher Date: 05 Nov 2024
  • Binding: Paperback
  • No of Pages: 224
  • Weight: 368 gr


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