Cavando
de Seamus Heaney


Entre mi dedo y mi pulgar
Descansa la pequeña pluma; cómoda cual un arma.

Bajo mi ventana un sonido limpiamente áspero
Cuando la pala se hunde en terreno gravoso:
Mi padre, cavando. Miro hacia abajo

Hasta que su forzada espalda, entre las flores,
Se dobla profundamente, cual hace veinte años atrás
Agachándose a ritmo de ejercicios de patata
Donde él estaba cavando.

La gruesa bota anidada en la lengüeta, la caña
Contra la rodilla interior estaba firmemente calzada.
Desenterraba grandes raíces, enterraba profundo el brillante filo
Para esparcir las patatas que nosotros recogíamos
Amando su fresca dureza en nuestras manos.

Por Dios, el viejo podía manejar una pala,
Al igual que su viejo.

Mi abuelo podía cortar más turba en un día
Que cualquier otro hombre en el humedal de Toner.
Una vez le llevé leche en una botella
Apenas tapada con papel. Se enderezó
Para beberla, luego continuó inmediatamente
Abriendo y cortando prolijamente, arrojando césped
Sobre su hombro, cavando profundo y profundo
Tras la buena turba. Cavando.

El frío olor a moho de patata, el chapoteo y bofetada
De la turba empapada, los bruscos cortes de un filo
a través de viventes raíces despiertan en mi cabeza.
Pero yo no tengo pala para seguir a hombres como ellos.

Entre mi dedo y mi pulgar
Descansa la pequeña pluma.
Voy a cavar con ella.


Traducido por Conrad O'Neill

This is reminder that the deadline for applications to the Irish Latin American Research Fund is on Thursday, 30 April 2009.

The objective of the Irish Latin American Research Fund is to support innovative and significant research in the different aspects of relations between Ireland and Latin America.

Grants up to 1,000 Euros will be awarded to exceptionally promising students, faculty members or independent scholars to help support their research and writing leading to the publication or other types of communication of their projects. Awards will be selected on the basis of a well-developed research plan that promises to make a significant contribution to a particular area of study about the Irish and Latin America.

Three prestigious scholars will sit on this year's selection committee: Munira H. Mutran, Chair (University of São Paulo, Brazil), Aline Helg (University of Geneva, Switzerland), and Ronaldo Munck (Dublin City University). They will assess the research proposals and award grants to the best projects. The Irish Latin American Research Fund is open to faculty, advanced university students, and independent scholars throughout the world. Applicants from previous academic years who were not awarded a grant may apply again and submit the same project. Successful applicants must wait until two rounds of grants have passed before reapplying.

The programme receives no institutional funding and its only financial source is represented by membership fees and donations. These grants are possible thanks to the generosity of SILAS members and friends.

Download the Rules, Application Form, and Grantee Agreement: http://www.irlandeses.org/09grants1.htm

Complete the required information and send your proposal through the post to:
Society for Irish Latin American Studies Maison Rouge ( 1268 ) Burtigny, Switzerland

Applications must be received or postmarked by 30 April 2009 Awards will be announced on 18 July 2009

Edmundo Murray
Secretary, Selection Committee
Irish Latin American Research Fund
Maison Rouge ( 1268 ) Burtigny
Switzerland
+41 22 739 50 49
Email: contact@irlandeses.org
Visit the website at http://www.irlandeses.org/09grants1.htm

By the way of SILAS:

We are happy to announce a new issue of "Irish Migration Studies in Latin America" (http://www.irlandeses.org/imsla0903.htm), the open-access journal of the Society for Irish Latin American Studies. This issue is dedicated to The Irish in Latin American Politics, Government and Diplomacy. The following contents are available at: http://www.irlandeses.org/imsla0903.htm

ISSN 1661-6065
Volume 7, Number 1 (March 2009)
Guest Editors: Jorge Cernadas Fonsalías, Carolina Barry
Editors: Edmundo Murray, Claire Healy

TABLE OF CONTENTS

- "The Irish in Latin American Politics, Government and Diplomacy", by Jorge Cernadas Fonsalías and Carolina Barry, p. 1
- "Irish News in the New Spanish Kingdoms: The Circulation of Political Information about William Lamport and Diego Nugent, 1642-1667", by Natalia Silva Prada, p. 5
- "Arthur Griffith and Patrick McManus", by Rebecca Geraghty, p. 21
- "The Irish Struggle for Freedom as Seen from the Pampas: The formation of the Irish Free State and the Perception of the Irish-Argentine Community (1916-1922)", by Jorge Cernadas Fonsalías, p. 31
- "Sean Lester, Ireland and Latin America in the League of Nations, 1929-1946", by Yannick Wehrli, p. 39
- "Irish Diplomacy in Argentina", by Maria Eugenia Cruset, p. 45
- "‘I am an Argentine’: Irish Catholics in Buenos Aires, 1906-1913", by Brad Lange, p. 51
- "Damned Irishman: John William Cooke", by María José Punte, p. 61
- "The Argentine Countryside Strike of 2008: the Success of a ‘Large Interest Group’ and the Irish-Argentine Dimension", by John Kennedy, p. 69
- "Madden and the Abolition of Slavery in Cuba", by José Antonio Quintana García, p. 81
- "Under Three Flags The Diplomatic Career of Daniel Florence O'Leary", by Moisés Enrique Rodríguez, p. 85
- "Ethnic Identity and Integration among Brazilians in Gort, Ireland", by Olivia Sheringham, p. 93
- "Santiago FitzSimon: Promoting Technical Education in Argentina", by Nancy R. Escobar, p. 105
- Review of Enrique García Hernán and Óscar Recio Morales (eds.), "Extranjeros en el Ejército: militares irlandeses en la sociedad española, 1580-1818", by David Barnwell, p. 109
- Review of Lourdes de Ita Rubio's "Viajeros isabelinos en la Nueva España", by Cristina Borreguero Beltrán, p. 117
- Review of Jean Ziegler's "La haine de l’Occident", by Edmundo Murray, p. 123
- Review of James P. Byrne, Philip Coleman and Jason King (eds.) "Ireland and the Americas: Culture, Politics and History", by Maria Graciela Adamoli and Maria Graciela Eliggi, p. 127

http://www.irlandeses.org/imsla0903.htm

El autor irlandés radicado en Uruguay Richard Manning, estará presentando su libro LAS MALAS PALABRAS BILINGÜES en Colonia del Sacramento el próximo sábado 18 de abril a las 19 hrs.

El evento se llevará a cabo en el Restaurant La Galette, Calle San José 178, al lado del Museo Español.


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