KONTAKIZUNAK


Edgar Allan Poe
Koro Nabarroren itzulpena
(Ibaizabal)

Idazle gutxi dago literaturaren historian Poek adinako interpretazio eta hipotesi sorrarazi duenik. Idazle gutxik liluratu dituzte Poek bezala belaunaldiz belaunaldi irakurleak eta mitomanoak. Idazleak berak ere, pertsonak, interes bizia sorrarazi du.
Jon Mirandek ekarri zuen lehenengoz Poe euskarara. Itxura handia dute elkarrena. Baudelaireri gertatu bezala, pentsa dezakegu bikia iruditzen zitzaiola Poe Miranderi. Baudelairek behintzat hala uste zuen. Poek idatzitakoa aurretik amestu izan zuela berak. Pertsonaiak, giroak, esaldiak. Baudelaire berak eta Mallarmek egin zuten Poe famako eta geroztik sekulako eragina izan du Europako literaturan, bera iparramerikarra izanagatik. Bihotz salataria, Usher etxearen hondamena eta Marie Rogeten misterioa hainbat antologiatan agertu dira. Guztiak ere hainbat idazleren –artegile eta zinegileenak ez esateagatik– idatzirik gogokoenak bilakatuak, guztiak ere Koro Nabarroren bilduma honetan bilduak.



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Edgar Allan Poe
Translated by Koro Nabarro
(Ibaizabal)

There have been few writers in the history of literature who have been the source of as many different interpretations and hypothesis as Edgar Allen Poe. Few have been capable, such as he has, of enthralling and obsessing so many readers from generation to generation. Poe the character has also become a centre of massive attention.
Jon Miranda was the first to translate Poe to Basque. They both actually have quite a lot in common. We wouldn't be far wrong in saying that Miranda, just Baudelaire before him, must have considered Poe as a type of twin. That's how Baudelaire saw it anyway. He claimed that he had dreamed about what Poe wrote before it was actually written. He dreamt of the characters, the settings and the phrases used by the American writer. Baudelaire and Mallarm were responsible for making Poe a writer of renown in Europe. Ever since then he has had an incredible influence, for an American, on European literature. The Tell Tale Heart, The Fall of The House of Usher and The Mystery of Marie Roget have appeared in numerous anthologies. All these stories have become firm favourites for many writers - not to mention artists or filmmakers - and all appear in this latest collection by Koro Nabarro.








testua / by: kirmen uribe

AGUR, DARWIN. ETA BESTE ARKEOLOGIA BATZUK

Jon Alonso
(Pamiela)

Saiakera literarioa da Agur, Darwin eta beste arkeologia batzuk, Jon Alonsok berak aurreko Camembert helburu hartan abiarazi zuen bide beretik, edo Peru Alberdik Satorrak baino lurperago-n eutsi zion mailan. Unibertsitate giroko saiakera astun eta itogarritik aparte ari da Jon Alonso, literatura du abiapuntu eta literatura helburu. Euskaraz lan egiten duen idazle eta itzultzailearen min eta ezinak ageri dira Jon Alonsoren obra honetan, eguneroko hizpide gogoeta eginik: literaturaren unibertsaltasuna, literatura nazionala, euskara gastronomia aitzakia, hizkuntzaren zehaztasuna, nork bere hizkuntzan idazteko arrazoia... egiarik biribilenei galdera marka jarriz ari da egilea, hainbat eta hainbat idazlek idatzitakoak gurera ekarriz, eztabaian jarriz, eta, alditan, erantzun berriak abiaraziz. Arriskuak hartuz, alegia. Estimatzekoa baita.
Juan Zelaia sariaren lehen emaitza, Jon Alonsoren Agur, Darwin eta beste arkeologia batzuk Pamiela argitaletxearen asmo ederra da, saiakera guztiz interesgarria, nobelaz besteko jeneroak burua hedabideetara jaso ezinik diren honetan.


AGUR, DARWIN. ETA BESTE ARKEOLOGIA BATZUK

Jon Alonso
(Pamiela)

In his literary essay Agur, Darwin eta beste arkeologia batzuk the writer Jon Alonso continues on with the line of thought that can be found in his Camembert helburu or in Peru Alberdi's excellent Satorrak baino lurperago. Alonso steers well clear of the tediousness of University style essays; literature is where he starts out from and literature is where he's aiming to go. The pains and impotence of a writer in and translator to Basque are clearly on show in this piece of work, a reflection on everyday conversation; the universal nature of literature, national literature, Basque gastronomy as an excuse, the exactness of a language, the reasons people have for writing in their own (Basque) language...the writer questions the most rounded truths, he has given us the chance to read so many different writers, and in doing so, has caused discussion which, in turn, has set people looking for new answers. He takes risks and should be applauded for it.
Winner of the Juan Zelaia Award, Jon Alonso's Agur, Darwin eta beste arkeologia batzuk is part of a smashing collection by book publishers Pamiela. Really interesting essays at a time when everything other than novels has little or no outlet.