Jaime Gil de Biedma

Based on the collection of letters provided by the Canadian poet, critic, and translator Richard Sanger, we have compiled a book that marks a milestone in the study of 20th-century Spanish poetry: the epistolary relationship between poet Jaime Gil de Biedma and a young Anglo-Saxon poet who appears to grasp the essence of his poetry and seeks to learn more about the work of the author of Las personas del verbo for critical and translation purposes. Beyond the philological and literary interest of the correspondence, the two correspondents paint a portrait of the cultural climate of the 1980s and share readings and opinions about life, poets, and books.