Overview
This bilingual (facing-page English and Spanish) poetry collection documents the Jewish-Chilean-American author's search for remnants of her grandmother's life during the Holocaust in Prague and Vienna, and later in Chile.Reviews
"Agosín is a poet of enchantments—an enchanted poet—who has declared war on forgetfulness and oblivion. She is one of our necessary voices, a magical singer who will not be defeated by history. —Edward Hirsch, author, How to Read a Poem
"Agosín is a mystic poet whose clarity of vision is superceded only by her courage. Among the Angels of Memory is her most ambitious and perhaps best book to date." —Demetria Martinez, author, Mother TongueAuthor Biography
Marjorie Agosín is the author of dozens of books of poetry, criticism, cultural history, and memoir. She is also the recipient of the UN Human Rights Award and the Jeanetta Rankin Human Rights Award, as well as the Latina Literature Prize and the Premio Letras de Oro. She is a professor of Spanish and Latin American studies at Wellesley College.