María Zambrano – författare

Written by one of twentieth-century Spain's most prominent intellectuals, this book—part memoir, part lyrical novel—is both a Bildungsroman about a young woman's intellectual formation during a crucial period of Spanish history (1929-1931) and a philosophical meditation upon the individual's place in society.Maria Zambrano's Delirium and Destiny makes the work of this major Spanish philosopher available in English for the first time. An excellent introduction to Zambrano's life and thought, it traces the intellectual formation of a young woman who became one of Jose Ortega y Gasset's most distinguished pupils, and it chronicles Zambrano's redefinition of his philosophical positions. A truly interdisciplinary work, this translation is accompanied by an extensive critical essay, a translator's afterword, and a glossary of pertinent historical and philosophical terms.

En De mujer a mujer. Cartas desde el exilio a Gabriela Mistral (1942-1956) se han reunido treinta misivas escritas por Teresa Díez-Canedo, María Enciso, Maruja Mallo, Ana Maria Sagi, Francesca Prat i Barri, Margarita Nelken, Victoria Kent, Zenobia Camprubí, María Zambrano y María de Unamuno, protagonistas de la cultura española contemporánea que, al término de la Guerra Civil, se vieron obligadas a vivir en el destierro.Las circunstancias personales que rodearon su comunicación epistolar con la poeta chilena, Premio Nobel de Literatura de 1945, resultan tan dispares como lo fueron ellas mismas. Lo que las pone en relación hasta convertirlas en una significativa gavilla de cartas es la sororidad que revela un contacto postal que estuvo presidido por el afecto, la amistad y la solidaridad, sentimientos que también se observan en las epístolas que Gabriela Mistral les remitió a María Zambrano y a Margarita Nelken que se ofrecen al final del volumen, donde se rescatan asimismo dos textos en recuerdo de la autora de Tala escritos por María Enciso y por Victoria Kent.

Written by one of twentieth-century Spain's most prominent intellectuals, this book—part memoir, part lyrical novel—is both a Bildungsroman about a young woman's intellectual formation during a crucial period of Spanish history (1929-1931) and a philosophical meditation upon the individual's place in society.Maria Zambrano's Delirium and Destiny makes the work of this major Spanish philosopher available in English for the first time. An excellent introduction to Zambrano's life and thought, it traces the intellectual formation of a young woman who became one of Jose Ortega y Gasset's most distinguished pupils, and it chronicles Zambrano's redefinition of his philosophical positions. A truly interdisciplinary work, this translation is accompanied by an extensive critical essay, a translator's afterword, and a glossary of pertinent historical and philosophical terms.

First English translation of these important works by two of Spain's most gifted writers and intellectuals.Following the defeat of the Second Spanish Republic, María Zambrano (1904–1991) and Rosa Chacel (1898–1994), two of Spain's most gifted intellectuals and writers, wrote compelling meditations on the meaning of confession in life and literature. Noël Valis and Carol Maier provide the first complete English-language translations of these essays. Zambrano and Chacel were friends, if not always amicably so; supporters of the Republic; and exiles. Both disciples of the philosopher Ortega y Gasset, they were nevertheless able to establish their own creative independence in their writing. Not only do the essays address national issues centered on Spanish literature, culture, and history, they also offer a unique philosophical-spiritual and literary approach to confession within the areas of philosophy, literature, religion, autobiography, women's and gender studies, and cultural studies. The translators' introduction, afterword, and meticulous annotations supplement the texts.