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Antonio Porchia

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Antonio Porchia


Born
in Conflenti, Italy
November 13, 1885

Died
November 09, 1968

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Antonio Porchia was an Italian poet. He was born in Conflenti (Italy) but, after the death of his father in 1900, moved to Argentina. He wrote a Spanish book entitled Voces ("Voices"), a book of aphorisms. It has since been translated into English (by W.S. Merwin), French, and German. A very influential, yet extremely succinct writer, he has been a cult author for a number of renowned figures of contemporary literature and thought such as André Breton, Jorge Luis Borges, Roberto Juarroz and Henry Miller, amongst others. Some critics have paralleled his work to Japanese Haiku and found many similarities with a number of Zen schools of thought. ...more

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Voices

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Voces reunidas

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أعمى يحمل نجمة بين كتفيه

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Voces abandonadas

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لاتملك شيئا وتهدينى عالما! ...

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Material de lectura. Poesía...

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Voix éparses

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Voix, suivi de Autres voix

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"Voix" suivi de nouvelles

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Voix inédites

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“One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.”
Antonio Porchia

“We become aware of the void as we fill it.”
Antonio Porchia

“I know what I have given you...
I do not know what you have received.”
Antonio Porchia