Drunk Ship is the translation from Spanish of the 50 pages collection of poems Barco Ebrio by Salvador Reyes Figueroa, originally published in 1923, Santiago, Chile, by editorial Nascimiento. It is the very first work of this writer.Armando Roa Vial (1998) Peregrinajes literarios en francia, Editorial Universitaria, 1998, , , page 147. Retrieved on July 1, 2009.
Contents
The book features a number of poems with marine subjects, whose titles are:Andrés Florit Cento (2006), El caudillo de los veleros, Editorial Cuarto Propio, 2006, , , page 29. Retrieved on July 1, 2009. Espejo Evocación Puerto Taberna Viaje Barco Sombra Partida Mía Tea Room Holocausto Ruta Soledad Saudade Pasado Intensidad Anhelo Música Cantar de los cantares Peregrinario Ciudad de oro Film El oso Nocturno Otoño Cabaret
Effect
Drunk Ship spoke about marine subjects in a casual style. For that reason, it was not unnoticed by the formal local cultural environment of its time. García Oldini, for instance, considered it one of the books that changed Chilean poetry:
Arthur Rimbaud used the same title for one of his poems.Luis Enrique Délano (2004), Memorias, aprendiz de escritor, sobre todo Madrid (Memoirs, Writer Apprentice, about all of Madrid), RIL Editores, 2004, , , page 59. Retrieved on July 1, 2009.
References
External links
Barco ebrio Antofagasta, 1963 edition by editorial Imprentas Unidas, Biblioteca Nacional (Chilean National Library) collection MC0011400. Released to the public by Memoria Chilena in PDF format.