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Nancy Morejón

ナンシー・モレホン

Nancy Morejón

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1944-08-07 （Havana, Cuba）
Nationality
Cuba
Languages
Spanish, French, English
Religion
Nonreligious
Residence History
Havana, Cuba → United States (lectures/visits)

Career

Occupations
poet, critic, translator, essayist, teacher
Active Years
1962-
Affiliations
Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC), University of Havana (lecturer/associate)
Memberships
Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC)
Influenced By
Nicolás Guillén, Mario Benedetti, Roberto Fernández Retamar, Édouard Glissant
Influenced
Post-revolutionary Cuban poets and younger generations of poets

Education

University of Havana
Faculty of Arts / Caribbean and French Literature
Degree: 学士
Period: 1962–1966
Year of Graduation: 1966
Country: Cuba
Graduated with honors; noted as one of the first Afro-Cuban graduates in the post-revolutionary period.

Awards

Premio de la Crítica (for Piedra Pulida)
1982
Work: Piedra pulida
Organization: Premio de la Crítica (Cuba)
Result: 受賞
Cuba National Prize for Literature
2001
Organization: Cuban Ministry of Culture
Result: 受賞（初めて黒人女性として受賞）
Struga Poetry Evenings - Golden Wreath
2006
Organization: Struga Poetry Evenings
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Mutismos

1962 Poetry collection

An early collection containing personal observations blended with social themes.

individualitysocietymemory

Amor, ciudad atribuída

1964 Poetry collection

Mid-period poems that reflect on Havana and urban love and memory.

citylovememory

Richard trajo su flauta y otros argumentos

1967 Poetry collection

A collection blending political and personal motifs; includes poems showing the influence of the Revolution.

revolutionpersonal historyidentity

Piedra pulida

1986 Poetry collection

An important collection praised by critics; includes work that earned the Premio de la Crítica in 1982.

historyracenationhood

Mirar Adentro / Looking Within: Selected Poems, 1954-2000

2002 Poetry (selected poems, bilingual) 367 pages

A bilingual edition of selected poems from 1954 to 2000, containing many representative works.

memoryidentitywomen
Translations
  • English (bilingual edition)

Bibliography

  • Amor, ciudad atribuída, poemas (1964)
  • Mutismos (1962)
  • Richard trajo su flauta y otros argumentos (1967)
  • Piedra pulida (1986)
  • Mirar Adentro / Looking Within: Selected Poems, 1954-2000 (2002)
  • Cuaderno de Granada (1984)
  • Where the Island Sleeps Like a Wing (trans. 1985)

Translations by Author

  • Édouard Glissant (French → Spanish)
  • Jacques Roumain (French → Spanish)
  • Aimé Césaire (French → Spanish)
  • René Depestre (French → Spanish)

Translations of Works

  • Works translated into English, German, French, Portuguese, Galician, Russian and others

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyrical and symbolicblends political and intimate themesmixes popular and scholarly elements
Recurring Motifs
mythology of the Cuban nationrace and mestizajewomen's experiencememory of slaveryYoruba and African spiritual elements

Legacy

One of the leading poets of post-revolutionary Cuba and among the most widely translated Cuban women poets. Her work on race, nationhood, and women's experience is highly regarded; she received the Cuba National Prize for Literature in 2001.

Academic Societies

  • Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC)

Archives

  • University of Havana archives (related materials)
  • UNEAC archival holdings

In Popular Culture

  • The poem 'Mujer Negra' has been widely anthologized and used in curricula.

Trivia

  • In 2001 she won the Cuba National Prize for Literature, the first black woman to receive it.
  • Fluent in French and English and noted as a translator.
  • Has long been involved in UNEAC editorial and organizational work.