The Drunkenness of God: Ebriedad de Dios

Luis Armenta Malpica, one of the most renowned writers of his generation, provides us with a wonderful narrative poem in this unique book. The protagonist takes us on a journey where alcohol and human misery is present in everyday life. Told from a feminine perspective, the lyric voice narrates her personal experience transforming, in the process, wine into poetry and this in turn into a mystical experience. From the poetics of pain and transubstantiation, the poet manages to create a dazzling, sharp and vivid language with an astonishing craft. In a wonderful artistic version by Lawrence Schimel, the English reader will, for the first time, have access to this unforgettable book from one of the strongest voices in contemporary Mexican poetry.

Author: Lawrence Schimel, Luis Armenta Malpica
Publisher: Libros Medio Siglo
Published: 03/15/2015
Pages: 106
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.25d
ISBN: 9780986449734

About the Author
Luis Armenta Malpica (Mexico City, 1961) lives in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, since 1974. He was a member of the National Council for Culture and the Arts of the state of Jalisco and is director of Mantis Publishing House. He won the Aguascalientes Poetry Prize (1996), the Ramón López Velarde National Poetry Prize (1999), the Efraín Huerta National Poetry Prize (1999), the Jalisco Award of Letters (2008), the José Emilio Pacheco National Poetry Prize (2011) and the Poetry Prize in the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz International Competition (2013), among many other recognitions; for his editorial work he received the Silver Pen (Patronato of the Fiestas de Octubre), in 2006 and in 2014, the Nichita Stanescu Award for the promotion of contemporary Romanian literature during the International Book Fair Chisinev (capital of the Republic of Moldova). He is the author of the following poetry books: Voluntad de la luz (1996), Des(as)cendencia (1999), Ebriedad de Dios (2000), Luz de los otros (2002), Ciertos milagros laicos (2002), Mundo Nuevo, mar siguiente (2004), El cielo más líquido (2006), Cuerpo + después (2010), Götterdämmerung (2011), El agua recobrada, antología poética (2011), Envés del agua (2012), Papiro de Derveni (2013) y Llámenme Ismael (2014), entre otros. His work has been translated into Arabic, Catalan, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian and Braille.

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