Defence of the Idol
1934 book by Omar Cáceres / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Defence of the Idol (Spanish: Defensa del ídolo) is the only book written by Chilean poet Omar Cáceres. It was originally published in Santiago by Norma publishing when Cáceres was thirty years old.[1] Due to the numerous errors included in the first edition, the author decided to burn the majority of the copies of the book, keeping only the several books needed for his 1996 posthumous reprint, under the care of Pedro Lastra, through LOM Ediciones.[2]
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Author | Luis Omar Cáceres |
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Language | Spanish |
Genre | Poetry |
Published | 1934 |
Publisher | Norma |
Publication place | Chile |
Pages | 53 |
OCLC | 55336848 |
The collection, formed of fifteen short poems, had a strong impact among the writers of the time. The work is preceded by a prologue written by Vicente Huidobro, and is the only prologue to be written by the creationist poet in his lifetime. Nowadays, Defence of the Idol is considered one of the benchmarks of Latin American avant-garde writing in Chile.[3]