Contracanto: poesía reunida (1979-2011)

Creator: Leonardo Padrón

Title: Contracanto: poesía reunida (1979-2011)

Publisher: Seix Barral ; Editorial Planet Venezolana

Date: 2017

Language: Spanish

Description: "In Leonardo Padrón's poetry, the unexpected reigns. The reader goes from surprise to surprise, dazzled by the appearances of the adjective "unusual" in verse that is also unusual, but still constrained by speech. With him, metaphor is dressed for a party. […] His words dwell on the limits of language because they want to express the inexpressible. To receive them is to share their intensity." (Rafael Cadenas, translated from the Spanish by Archivo Venezuela)

Subject: Venezuelan poetry, anthology, political poetry, Leonardo Padrón

Type: Text

Format: Printed book

Rights: External resource

Relation:

Interview with Leonardo Padrón about poetry, culture, and the book Contracanto (Spanish)

Summary and analysis of Contracanto in Papel Literario, El Nacional (Spanish)

Book page and synopsis on Leonardo Padrón’s official website (Spanish)

WorldCat bibliographic record

Identifier: OCLC: 1000507315 | ISBN: 9789802717316

Collection: Poetry

Tags: collected poems, Contemporary Latin American poetry, emotional language, intense lyricism, Leonardo Padrón, love and resistance, metaphor, Poetic voice, political feeling, Venezuelan poetry

Citation: Leonardo Padrón, Contracanto: poesía reunida (1979-2011), Seix Barral ; Editorial Planet Venezolana, 2017, OCLC: 1000507315 | ISBN: 9789802717316, accessed September 22, 2026, https://archivovenezuela.com/en/items/show/1094