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Robert Edward Gurney, Luton, England, 1939. is a British writer. He lives in St Albans, England.

Biography

He studied Modern Languages at St Andrews University in Scotland. He has travelled widely in Europe, Africa and Latin America. Between 1964 and 1967 he studied and worked in Uganda. In 1972 he conducted interviews with the Spanish poet Juan Larrea in Córdoba, Argentina. He obtained a doctorate in Spanish from the University of London in 1975, thesis title:The Poetry of Juan Larrea. He lectured on Modern French Poetry, The Generation of ’27 and Modern Latin American Poetry at Middlesex University.

Much of his work is in the British Library and the National Library of Wales. He writes in English and Spanish.

Poetry

  1. Poemas a la Patagonia, St Albans, 2004.[1]
  2. Luton Poems, St Albans, 2005.[2]
  3. El cuarto oscuro y otros poemas, Madrid, 2008.[3]
  4. Poemas a la Patagonia, edición aumentada, Madrid, 2009. [4]
  5. La libélula y otros poemas / The Dragonfly and Other Poems, Madrid, 2013. [5]
  6. La casa de empeño y otros poemas / The Pawn Shop and Other Poems, Madrid, 2014. [6]
  7. To Dylan, Llandeilo, 2014. [7]
  8. Dylan’s Gower, Llandeilo, 2014. [8]
  9. El acantilado y otros poemas, Llandeilo, 2017. [9]

Short Stories

  1. A Night in Buganda, Tales from Post-Colonial Africa, St Albans, 2014. [10]
  2. Absurd Tales from Africa, Llandeilo, 2017. [11]
  3. Bat Valley and Other Strange African Animal Stories, 2017. [12]

Translation

The River and Other Poems, translation of Andrés Bohoslavsky’s El río y otros poemas, St Albans, 2004. [13]

Anthologies

  1. Nueve monedas para el barquero, St Albans, 2005. [14]
  2. Los poetas de la senda, antología de la poesía mundial, Madrid, 2014. [15]
  3. Antología de cuento breve, serial pecados, México, 2012 – 2015. [16]

Media

In 2014 he was filmed for the series on contemporary poets (Spain).[17]

Awards

  1. In 2007 he won a prize for poems on the theme “Rimbaud” in the Concurso de Poesía Libre de Artesanías Literarias, Israel. [18]
  1. In 2010 he won a Juan Laurentino Ortiz prize, Paraná, Argentina. [19]

Academic

  1. La poesia de Juan Larrea, Bilbao, 1985. [20]
  2. Articles and chapters in books on the Hispanic avant-garde - Larrea, Huidobro, Vallejo, Diego, Picasso, Buñuel, 1976 -2004. [21]

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References

  1. ^ "Gurney, R. E., Poemas a la Patagonia: Prólogo y selección de Andrés Bohoslavsky, Verulamium Press, St Albans, 2004. ISBN: 0-9547166-1-2".
  2. ^ "Gurney, R. E., Luton Poems, Verulamium Press, St Albans, 2005. ISBN: 0-9547166-3-9".
  3. ^ "Gurney, R. E., El cuarto oscuro y otros poemas, Colección Prometeo Desencadenado, Lord Byron Ediciones, Madrid, 2008. ISBN: 9972-2755-0-7". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. ^ "Gurney, R.E., Poemas a la Patagonia, prólogo y selección de Andrés Bohoslavsky, Lord Byron Edicones/Editorial Visión libros, Madrid, 2009. ISBN: 978 84 9886 608 7. Edición aumentada". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. ^ "Gurney, R.E., La libélula y otros poemas / The Dragonfly and Other Poems, Lord Byron Ediciones, Madrid, 2012. ISBN: 978-84-9949-209-4. Launched Día del libro, 23 April, Café Comercial, Madrid". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  6. ^ "Gurney, R.E., La casa de empeño y otros poemas/The Pawn Shop and Other Poems, Lord Byron Ediciones, Madrid,2014. ISBN: 978-84-9949-522-4". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  7. ^ "Gurney, R.E., To Dylan, Cambria Books, Llandeilo, Wales, 2014, 80 pages.ISBN 978-0-9928690-3-8". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  8. ^ "Gurney, R.E., Dylan's Gower, Cambria Book, Llandeilo, Wales, 2014, 110 pages. ISBN 978-0-9930862-2-9". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  9. ^ "Gurney, R.E., El acantilado y otros poemas, Llyfrau Cambria Books, Wales, 2017. Prólogo y selección de Andrés Bohoslavsky. ISBN 978-0-9954608-3-6". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  10. ^ "Gurney, R.E., A Night in Buganda. Tales from Post-Colonial Africa, Verulamium Press, St Albans, 2014, 169 pages. ISBN 978-0-9547166-4-6". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  11. ^ "Gurney, R.E., Absurd Tales from Africa, Llyfrau Cambria Books, Llandeilo, Wales, 2017. ISBN 978-0-9954608-0-5". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  12. ^ "Gurney, R.E., Bat Valley and Other Strange African Animal Stories, Llyfrau Cambria Books, Llandeilo, 2017, ISBN 978-1-9997416-0-0". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  13. ^ "Gurney, R.E., The River and Other Poems, (translation of Andrés Bohoslavsky's El río y otros poemas), Verulamium Press, St Albans, 2004. ISBN 0-954-716604". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  14. ^ "Gurney, R.E., Nueve monedas para el barquero, Antología, edición a cargo de Robert Gurney, Verulamium Press, St Albans, 2005. María Teresa Andruetto, Raúl Artola, Andrés Bohoslavsky, Julio Carabelli, Bruno di Benedetto, Robert Gurney, Monica Larrañaga, Ketty Alejandrina Lis, Sergio Rigazio. ISBN 0-9547166-3-9". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  15. ^ "Poem 'La mujer de blanco' en La senda de los poetas, Selección Natural, Muestra Internacional de Poesía Contemporánea (1958-2013). edición a cargo de Chema Rubio Velasco, Editorial Opera Prima, Madrid, 2013. ISBN 978-84-95461-63-6". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  16. ^ "'The Greedy Academic', Gula, 'The Last King of Rwanda's Jaguar', Envidia. '90 Harley Street', Soberbia.'Greed in Buganda', Avaricia.'El afroamericano enojado', 'The Angry African American', Ira.'Una noche en Buganda', Lujuria.'The Lazy Man', 'El perezoso', Pereza. Antología de cuento breve: Ira, serial pecados III, BENMA grupo editorial, México 2014, editoras Elena Arroyo Hidalgo, María Guadelupe Arroyo Hidalgo, Susana Arroyo-Furphy. Siete antologías, seven anthologies, Pecados [Seven Deadly Sins]". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  17. ^ "Video, contemporary poets:".
  18. ^ "Concurso de Poesía Libre de Artesanías Literarias:la 3era. Mención de Honor por su poema 3 poemas, tema: Rimbaud. 'El avestruz,' 'La casa de Rimbaud', La plaza Rimbaud'. 1.07.07". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  19. ^ "Juan Laurentino Ortiz prize for best book in Spanish as a Second Language, Paraná, Argentina. Premio Juan Laurentino Ortiz, Paraná, Argentina, 2010: DIPLOMA DE HONOR A LIBRO EN IDIOMA CASTELLANO COMO SEGUNDA LENGUA por El cuarto oscuro". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  20. ^ "Gurney, R.E., La poesía de Juan Larrea, Universidad del País Vasco, Servicio Editorial / Argitarapen Zerbitzua, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Lejona (Bilbao), 1985. ISBN 84-7585-027-8". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  21. ^ "Vicente Huidobro y Juan Larrea'; Insula, Madrid; No.386, pp.1 and 14". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  22. ^ "César Vallejo, París y la vanguardia'; Insula, Madrid, Nos. 386-387; p.11". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  23. ^ "Juan Larrea y el Guernica. El caballo, el toro y el Apocalípsis', Actas del II Congreso Internacional celebrado en Bellaterra del 13 al 17 de diciembre de 1999, Edición de Manuel Aznar Soler, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Asociació d'idees-Gexel, colección Serpa Pinto-3, 2000, vol.2, págs 49-62". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  24. ^ "Larrea y la poesía francesa anterior al surrealismo'; in Al Amor de Larrea, ed. J. M. Diaz de Guereñu; Pre-Textos; Valencia; pp. 11-38". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  25. ^ "Juan Larrea and the Film Buñuel Did Not Make', chapter in A Companion to Spanish Surrealism, edited by Robert Havard, Tamesis, Woodbridge, England, 2004, pp. 49-56. ISBN: 1-85566-104-7". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
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