Pablo Jofré
Pablo Jofré[1] (born 1974) is a Chilean poet currently living and working in Berlin, Germany.[2] Jofré was awarded the Lagar Prize by the Chilean National Contest of Literature Gabriela Mistral (La Serena) for the poetry collection Abecedario in 2009. He also won first prize at the Sant Andreu de la Barca Competition (in Spain) for his poem "La Danza de la Existencia (Extranjería)" in 2010.
Biography[edit]
After the school in Santiago de Chile in 1992, Jofré travelled to Europe for the first time. He spent a year visiting Germany, France, Spain, and Portugal and studied German and English. Back in Chile, he studied journalism at the Diego Portales University and cultural anthropology at the University of Chile. Before obtaining his degree, he went to Barcelona in 2002 to study literary theory and comparative literature at the University of Barcelona. He also studied Catalan and French and attended literary workshops led by Leonardo Valencia and Joan-Ignasi Elias. In 2011, he was awarded Spanish nationality and emigrated to Berlin, where he currently lives.[citation needed]
Poetry[edit]
Jofré published his first poem as a teenager. This was followed by Abecedario (2009, 2012, 2017)[3] available in English as Abecedary,[4] translated by David Shook with a prologue by Will Alexander.[5] It includes the audioleporello (audiobook) Usted[6] with works of electroacoustic music by composer Mario Peña y Lillo.[7] This was launched in 2013 in Barcelona's Balaguer Gallery as part of the collective exhibition I don't believe in You but I believe in Love curated by Paola Marugán.[8] His poem "La Edad Ligera" (in Extranjería) was included in the public performance Bombing of Poems (Casagrande-Southbank Center) above the Jubilee Gardens in London in 2012.[9] His work appears in the anthology El tejedor en… Berlin (Sestao 2015)[10] published by Ernesto Estrella and Jorge Locane, and Extranjería (Santiago de Chile 2017)[11] with a prologue by Diego Ramírez Gajardo (Carnicería Punk)[12]) and a cover by Carola del Río[13] This was launched in Chile with a reading tour[14] in public libraries in Arica, Santiago, Valparaíso, Concepción, Temuco, Puerto Montt and Punta Arenas. In December 2019 he published Berlin Manila (L.U.P.I/Zoográfico),[15] a collection of poems that replicates a trip from Berlin to Manila, and in 2020, Luis Luna published in Amargord (Madrid) the collected poetry Entre tanta calle with prologue by Julio Espinoza Guerra.
Abecedario was translated into German by Barbara Buxbaum and Johanna Menzinger with an epilogue written by José F.A. Oliver and a cover by Ginés Olivares[16] (Cologne 2017). It was translated into Italian by Maurizio Fantoni Minnella in 2017,[17] into English by David Shook [1] with an prologue written by Will Alexander and into French by Pierre Fankhauser (BSN Press 2019).[18]
Berlín Manila was published in German by Adrian Kasnitz in Parasitenpresse (Cologne) as Berlin – Manila, translated by Odile Kennel.
In 2023 – Maria Alzira Brum Lemos' translation of Entre tanta calle into Portuguese (Entre tanta rua) is published by Ricardo Corona in Medusa (Curitiba, Brazil) with a foreword by Renato Negrão.
Jofré participated in the literature Festival LEA in Athens[19] in 2015, the George Town Literary Festival in Malaysia directed by Bernice Chauly (2015 and 2016),[20] in the Festival internazionale di poesia di Genova 2017[17] directed by Claudio Pozzani. He also appeared at the 2017 Literature biennale Lifes in Jakarta,[21] directed by Ayu Utami. In 2020 he has participated in Festival Enclave[22] in Mexico City, directed by Rocío Cerón, in the 21. Poesiefestival Berlin and in the Europäisches Literaturfestival Köln-Kalk. In 2022, Jofré takes part in the Festival Kerouac in Mexico City.
In collaboration with Berlin musician Andi Meissner (e-guitar) he has created the duo Jofre Meissner Project whose repertoire includes poems from Extranjería and Abecedario. The duo premiered with a performance of "La edad ligera" (The Light Age) at the New York Crossroads festival in 2014.[23]
Jofré has also translated the poetry of Nora Gomringer, Adrian Kasnitz, Odile Kennel, Karla Reimert, David Shook and Elfriede Jelinek.
Awards[edit]
- 2009 Lagar Prize by the Chilean National Contest of Literature Gabriela Mistral (La Serena) for the poetry collection Abecedario.[24]
- 2010 first prize at the Sant Andreu de la Barca Competition (in Spain) for his poem La Danza de la Existencia (Extranjería).[24]
- 2016 Scholarship of literary creation by the Chilean Ministry of Culture.
- 2017, 2021 Stipendiate Resident at the Translation House Looren.[24]
- 2018-23 Stipendiate Resident at the Europäisches Übersetzer-Kollegium in Straelen
References[edit]
- ^ "Pablo Jofré". pablojofre.expatpoets.org. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "Pablo Jofré – Writes @ Berlin – Literaturport.de". www.literaturport.de (in German). Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "Abecedario, de Pablo Jofré, Premio Lagar. Preámbulo, Elvira Hernández". Escritores y Poetas en Español. Página chilena al servicio de la cultura (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "Abecedary by Pablo Jofré – Insert Blanc Press". Insert Blanc Press. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "Abecedario se estrena en L.A." Magazine Cuarto Propio (in European Spanish). 23 June 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "USTED – Audioleporello de José-Pablo Jofré con piezas sonoras de Mario Peña y Lillo". milenaberlin.blogspot.de. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival Schedule for June 25–28". Avant Music News. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "I don't believe in You but I believe in Love | Paola Marugán". www.tea-tron.com. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ Poems fall from the sky in London, CNN, 27 June 2012, retrieved 7 November 2017
- ^ "El Tejedor en...Berlín". launicapuertaalaizquierda.blogspot.de. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "Extranjería o la Sombra de Caín Por Wenuan Escalona". Revista Cinosargo. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "La Carnicería Punk – The Clinic Online". The Clinic Online (in Spanish). 27 May 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "home". Carola del Río. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ Austral, La Prensa AustralLa Prensa Austral | La Prensa (9 July 2017). "Escritor Pablo Jofré entregó detalles de su poemario "Extranjería"". La Prensa Austral (in European Spanish). Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "Berlin Manila". Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle. "El mágico arte de traducir poesía | Cultura | DW | 17 April 2017". DW.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Poeta chileno Pablo Jofré presenta su libro "Abecedario en Italia". www.dirac.gov.cl. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "ABÉCÉDAIRE | bsn" (in French). Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Diamela Eltit y poesía chilena joven en LEA Atenas 2015". www.dirac.gob.cl. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "Poeta chileno presentará su original "Abecedario" en cumbre asiática de las letras". www.dirac.gob.cl. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "Pembacaan Puisi Bintang-Bintang di Bawah Langit Jakarta". Tempo (in Indonesian). Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "Festival Enclave". Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Crossroads Festival – Local Project". localproject.org. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ a b c "Pablo Jofré". Pablo Jofré. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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