Featured Author: Elicura Chihuailaf
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Yes, who can doubt it? / They tell me: Water is Life / But what does Water do / without the Air? / But what can the Air / and Water do without the Earth? -
On September 1, 2020, Mapuche poet, author, and activist Elicura Chihuailaf became the first indigenous writer to receive Chile’s National Prize for Literature. This recognition marks an important tur... -
The rains touch the strings / of his air / and, above, he is the chorus that utters / the sound of fertility / There were many animals, he is saying / woods, lakes, birds good words / I walk on with m... -
At the end of the 1970s, the name Elicura Chihuailaf began to be heard in Chilean literary circles. His first publications were written not in Mapudungun, the language of the Mapuche nation, but in Sp... -
On September first of this 2020 (year of the pandemic), the nation of Chile, represented by seven jurors, awarded the National Prize for Literature to Mapuche poet Elicura Chihuailaf Nahuelpán (Kechur...
