David Rosenmann-Taub
[1927-2023]
David Rosenmann-Taub was born in Santiago de Chile in 1927. His first book, Cortejo y Epinicio, appeared when the poet was twenty-two years old, and was acclaimed as a revelation. Since then, Rosenmann-Taub has published more than fifteen volumes of poetry, among them Los Despojos del Sol, La Enredadera del Júbilo, Los Surcos Inundados (which received the Premio Municipal de Poesía), El Mensajero, Auge, Quince, and La Opción.
The premiere of a multimedia exhibit “David Rosenmann-Taub: An artist in three dimensions” took place at the Biblioteca Nacional de Santiago de Chile on May 3, 2018 at the Sala América, 350 Moneda street, at 7PM . The exhibit closed at the Galería de Cristal on July 20, 2018.
Unpublished materials were on display: a photographic collection, videos with the author reading his poetry, playing his music, and commenting on his drawings. A short presentation about his life and works was screened, as well as videos with theatrical performances, songs, and dances inspired by his work. A number of his drawings were put on view and poems were shown with their corresponding rhythmical scores, a hallmark of the poet.
David Rosenmann-Taub: Poems and Commentaries, Volume II. In his second volume of translations and commentaries, Kenneth Gorfkle translates, glosses and paraphrases sixty poems that deal with several of the poet's primary preoccupations, chief among which are the challenges and rewards of living a conscious life. Separate editions in Spanish and English were published by The University of North Carolina Press in August 2023.
Kenneth Gorfkle earned his PhD in Spanish Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has studied David Rosenmann-Taub's poetry for years and is one of the world's foremost authorities on the poet's work.
