The essential poetry of Hugo Mujica, Loewe Prize for a book that enhances the fragility of the fragile

Author of a large narrative and essayistic work (acaba de aparecer Passion for what is possible. Back to manwhere each chapter is closed by a poem), he admitted that his poem (anthologized and widely translated), “she, all of her, is the heart of my work”. “Mi don.” Meeting en Complete Poetry 1983-2004 (Seix Barral, 2005) and en About creation and creation. Complete poem.1983-2011 (Vaso Roto, 2013).

None of them were, not even they recognized, following the “primordial”. Faltabane, ademási, books that came later: When everything calls, Barro naked, The stars are huge y In the river all the rains. yeah sure Loewe Award in the third eighth meeting. Created with a love of discovery for its patrons, It is not the first time that the acclaimed poet has won it. Tan mayor, never; which proves that poetry is not old.

The book, divided into five parts, consists of five short untitled pieces numbered in the Roman language, which are arranged above the page escalated and at the bottom, which gives the typography a visual component even including figures. The rhythm marks abundant encabalgamientos.

Those who know the Argentine’s trajectory will not encounter any significant changes in the procedure. His poetry is solid and transparent. Contemplative, fruit of meditation. About brevity and slowness. Of sobriety that is purified by silence; a fundamental reason for reflection in your work. About “respect for being alive” and “gratitude for being alive”.

“I believe that every man has very little to decide, very little to himself, but loyalty to him, to himself, is truth and loyalty“, we read in the essay quoted earlier. rosa, herida, fuego, río, viento…

El I wish to be mentioned if fate happens and the poet takes the step of leaving the dear life. About what passes your eyes. What you feel and what you think. He defines it as “estar entorno a”. Fulfilling what you don’t expect.

Of course, they happen as notes that reveal the subtle meaning of the deep: “between the heart / and hope / fear of life, / fear of the fragile”. “The great mysteries of life, as I said, are everyday life, there is no other salida. I am sorry to discover little thingsan all-or-nothing convergence’.

Even lonely, never forget others: his vision is humanistic. Ni a “lo huérfano de la vida, / lo sin lo otro, / lo incumplido”. Innocence is presented in the form of a child, a soldering iron or a pear.

After all, Hugo Mujica is watching time (“Cae la tarde / e imperceptible / la vida pasa // como este hoy, / este ahora, / como yo, / como lo humano”) and on some occasions we refer to death and the desire to die “that softens us / the song”, which is not enough to impose upon us the peaceful beauty of creation. In the freedom of the open.