Cecilia Vicuña The Oxford Book of Latin American Poetry (2009)
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"Catatau" by Paulo Leminski captures that impulse as he imagines the French philosopher René Descartes driven mad by Brazil, a country where everything gets mixed and defies categorization.
— Cecilia Vicuña on René Descartes
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About Cecilia Vicuña
Cecilia Vicuña (born 1948) is a Chilean poet and artist based in New York and Santiago, Chile.
About Cecilia Vicuña
Cecilia Vicuña (born 1948) is a Chilean poet and artist based in New York and Santiago, Chile.
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