Rafael Cansinos Assens
Encyclopedia
Rafael Cansinos Assens (November 24, 1882 - July 6, 1964), born in Seville
, was a Spanish
poet
, essay
ist, literary critic and translator.
Cansinos was a polyglot; he translated The Arabian Nights into Spanish, as well as the works of Dostoyevsky, and the complete works of Goethe and Shakespeare for the publisher Aguilar.
In the lectures he gave in 1967 at Harvard, Jorge Luis Borges
mentioned him as one of his masters, and expressed wonder to the fact that he has been forgotten.
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
, was a Spanish
Spain
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poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, essay
Essay
An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition...
ist, literary critic and translator.
Cansinos was a polyglot; he translated The Arabian Nights into Spanish, as well as the works of Dostoyevsky, and the complete works of Goethe and Shakespeare for the publisher Aguilar.
In the lectures he gave in 1967 at Harvard, Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo , known as Jorge Luis Borges , was an Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires. In 1914 his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school, receiving his baccalauréat from the Collège de Genève in 1918. The family...
mentioned him as one of his masters, and expressed wonder to the fact that he has been forgotten.
Essays
- El candelabro de los siete brazos (Psalmos) ("The Seven Arm Candelabra: Psalms"), 1914
- El divino fracaso, 1918
- España y los judíos españoles, 1920
- Salomé en la literatura, 1920
- Ética y estética de los sexos, 1921
- Los valores eróticos en las religiones: El amor en el Cantar de los Cantares, 1930
- La Copla Andaluza, 1936
- Mahoma y el Korán
Novels
- La encantadora, 1916
- El eterno milagro, 1918
- La madona del carrusel, 1920
- En la tierra florida, 1920
- La huelga de los poetas, 1921
- Las luminarias de Hanukah, 1924