Leopoldo María Panero - biography, career, poetry
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Leopoldo María Panero (born Madrid, 1948), is a Spanish poet, commonly placed in the Novísimos group.
Panero is the archetype of a decadence as much cultivated as repudiated, but that decadence has not stopped him from being the first member of his generation in being incorporated to the classic Spanish editorial Cátedra, to have a splendid biography written by J. Benito Fernández (El contorno del abismo, Tusquets, 1999) and being included in the literary history, anthologies and academical programs.
Son of Leopoldo Panero (1909-1962), poet of suggestive voice, and brother of the poet Juan Luis Panero, the young Leopoldo María Panero, as well as so other many descendants of the supporters of the Franco regime, is fascinated by the radical left party. His anti-Franco militancy will constitute the first of his disasters and will cost him his first stay in prison.
His first experiences with drugs date back to those youth years too. From alcohol to heroine, to which he would dedicate an impressive collection of poems in 1992, none of them remains unknown to him. In the decade of the 70’s he is admitted for the first time in a psychiatric hospital. Nevertheless, his constant internments do not prevent him from developing a copious bibliography not only as a poet, but as a translator, essayist and even narrator.
His various poetic releases appear regularly:
Así se fundó Carnaby Street (This is how Carnaby Street was founded) (Ocnos, 1970). In this poetry book, the melancholy of his childhood myths goes parallel with a passionate experimentalism.
Teoría (Theory) (Lumen, 1973).
Narciso en el acorde último de las flautas (Narcissus in the last chord of flutes) (Visor, 1979).
Last River Together (Ayuso, 1980).
Dioscuros (Ayuso, 1982).
El último hombre (The last man) (Ediciones Libertarias, 1984).
Poesía 1970-1985 (Visor, 1986).
Contra España y otros poema de no amor (Against Spain and other poems of no-love) (Ediciones Libertarias, 1990).
Agujero llamado Nevermore (Hole called Nevermore) (poetic selection, 1968-1992) (Cátedra, 1992).
Poemas del Manicomio de Mondragón (Poems from the Mondragón Mental Hospital) (Hiperión, 1999).
Suplicio en la cruz de la boca (Torture in the cross of the mouth) (El Gato Gris, Ediciones de Poesía, 2000).
Teoría del miedo (Theory of fear) (Igitur, 2000).
Poesía Completa (Complete Poetry) (1970-2000) (Visor, 2001).
Águila contra el hombre : poemas para un suicidamiento (Eagle against man : poems for a suicide) (Valdemar, 2001).
Esquizofrénicas o la balada de la lámpara azul (Schizophrenics or the ballad of the blue lamp) (Hiperión, 2004).
Danza de la muerte (Dance of death) (Igitur, 2004).
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