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 In her article [[https://latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/2019/11/translating-unspeakable-fragments-vision-de-los-hijos-del-mal-miguel-angel-bustos/|"Translating the unspeakable: On the fragments of Visión de los hijos del mal by Miguel Ángel Bustos"]], translator Lucina Schell discusses the fragmentary structure of Bustos' poems and explains her translation choices and strategies: In her article [[https://latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/2019/11/translating-unspeakable-fragments-vision-de-los-hijos-del-mal-miguel-angel-bustos/|"Translating the unspeakable: On the fragments of Visión de los hijos del mal by Miguel Ángel Bustos"]], translator Lucina Schell discusses the fragmentary structure of Bustos' poems and explains her translation choices and strategies:
-"To rewrite Bustos with literal fidelity in English would be plagiarism—and like plagiarism, it would lack the force of the original. To succeed my attempt must be incomplete, the tension between my English and the Spanish creating sparks just like the tension contained in the nucleus of the fragment itself" ((Schell, Lucina. "Translating the unspeakable: On the fragments of Visión de los hijos del mal by Miguel Ángel Bustos." //Latin American Literature Today//, issue 12, https://latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/2019/11/translating-unspeakable-fragments-vision-de-los-hijos-del-mal-miguel-angel-bustos/))+"To rewrite Bustos with literal fidelity in English would be plagiarism—and like plagiarism, it would lack the force of the original. To succeed my attempt must be incomplete, the tension between my English and the Spanish creating sparks just like the tension contained in the nucleus of the fragment itself"((Schell, Lucina. "Translating the unspeakable: On the fragments of Visión de los hijos del mal by Miguel Ángel Bustos." //Latin American Literature Today//, issue 12, https://latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/2019/11/translating-unspeakable-fragments-vision-de-los-hijos-del-mal-miguel-angel-bustos/))
 Using Donald Revell's analysis of poetic fragments, she describes her grammatical choices for translating Bustos' fragments into English in terms of clause structure, punctuation marks, word preferences, transformations, and omissions to better illustrate the irony and juxtaposition of the fragments.  Using Donald Revell's analysis of poetic fragments, she describes her grammatical choices for translating Bustos' fragments into English in terms of clause structure, punctuation marks, word preferences, transformations, and omissions to better illustrate the irony and juxtaposition of the fragments. 
  
 ===== Biography of Miguel Ángel Bustos ===== ===== Biography of Miguel Ángel Bustos =====
  
-Bustos is what is known as a  [[https://www.britannica.com/art/poete-maudit| poète maudit]].((Sequeira, Jessica. "Light Detained by Bones: Miguel Ángel Bustos’s “Vision of the Children of Evil,” translated from Spanish by Lucina Schell." //Reading in Translation//, 29 Apr. 2019, https://readingintranslation.com/2019/04/29/light-detained-by-bones-miguel-angel-bustoss-vision-of-the-children-of-evil-translated-from-spanish-by-lucina-schell/.)) He was also a Surrealist who combined his art with his poetry. ((Desimone, Arturo. "Was Miguel-Ángel Bustos the Argentinean poet who prophesied his own death? //Medium//, 2 April 2018, https://medium.com/anomalyblog/was-miguel-%C3%A1ngel-bustos-the-argentinean-poet-who-prophesied-his-own-death-59a6c6435048)). His visual art reflected the dark themes expressed in his poetry.((Desimone, Arturo. "Was Miguel-Ángel Bustos the Argentinean poet who prophesied his own death? //Medium//, 2 April 2018, https://medium.com/anomalyblog/was-miguel-%C3%A1ngel-bustos-the-argentinean-poet-who-prophesied-his-own-death-59a6c6435048)) +Bustos is what is known as a [[https://www.britannica.com/art/poete-maudit| poète maudit]].((Sequeira, Jessica. "Light Detained by Bones: Miguel Ángel Bustos’s “Vision of the Children of Evil,” translated from Spanish by Lucina Schell." //Reading in Translation//, 29 Apr. 2019, https://readingintranslation.com/2019/04/29/light-detained-by-bones-miguel-angel-bustoss-vision-of-the-children-of-evil-translated-from-spanish-by-lucina-schell/.)) He was also a Surrealist who combined his art with his poetry.((Desimone, Arturo. "Was Miguel-Ángel Bustos the Argentinean poet who prophesied his own death? //Medium//, 2 April 2018, https://medium.com/anomalyblog/was-miguel-%C3%A1ngel-bustos-the-argentinean-poet-who-prophesied-his-own-death-59a6c6435048)) His visual art reflected the dark themes expressed in his poetry.((Desimone, Arturo. "Was Miguel-Ángel Bustos the Argentinean poet who prophesied his own death? //Medium//, 2 April 2018, https://medium.com/anomalyblog/was-miguel-%C3%A1ngel-bustos-the-argentinean-poet-who-prophesied-his-own-death-59a6c6435048)) 
  
-Miguel Ángel Bustos was born of Spanish and German immigrant descent on August 31, 1932 in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Desimone; Wikipedia). He was also considered white Creole.((Desimone, Arturo. "Was Miguel-Ángel Bustos the Argentinean poet who prophesied his own death? //Medium//, 2 April 2018, https://medium.com/anomalyblog/was-miguel-%C3%A1ngel-bustos-the-argentinean-poet-who-prophesied-his-own-death-59a6c6435048)) Bustos studied at the University of Buenos Aires (Wikipedia). Bustos would then travel through Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru from 1960 to 1963 (Wikipedia).+Miguel Ángel Bustos was born of Spanish and German immigrant descent on August 31, 1932 in Buenos Aires, Argentina((Desimone, Arturo. "Was Miguel-Ángel Bustos the Argentinean poet who prophesied his own death? //Medium//, 2 April 2018, https://medium.com/anomalyblog/was-miguel-%C3%A1ngel-bustos-the-argentinean-poet-who-prophesied-his-own-death-59a6c6435048)) (Wikipedia). He was also considered white Creole.((Desimone, Arturo. "Was Miguel-Ángel Bustos the Argentinean poet who prophesied his own death? //Medium//, 2 April 2018, https://medium.com/anomalyblog/was-miguel-%C3%A1ngel-bustos-the-argentinean-poet-who-prophesied-his-own-death-59a6c6435048)) Bustos studied at the University of Buenos Aires (Wikipedia). Bustos would then travel through Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru from 1960 to 1963 (Wikipedia).
  
  
-Miguel Ángel Bustos's poetry was inspired by his travels through 1960 and 1963 and his acquaintance with Jacobo Fijman(Wikipedia). He attracted the attention of the Argentinean military regime through his outspoken political views and journalism at //Nuevo Hombre//.((Desimone, Arturo. "Was Miguel-Ángel Bustos the Argentinean poet who prophesied his own death? //Medium//, 2 April 2018, https://medium.com/anomalyblog/was-miguel-%C3%A1ngel-bustos-the-argentinean-poet-who-prophesied-his-own-death-59a6c6435048)) //Neuvo Hombre// openly spoke out against the regime at the time.((Desimone, Arturo. "Was Miguel-Ángel Bustos the Argentinean poet who prophesied his own death? //Medium//, 2 April 2018, https://medium.com/anomalyblog/was-miguel-%C3%A1ngel-bustos-the-argentinean-poet-who-prophesied-his-own-death-59a6c6435048)) Bustos was involved with the Communist Youth Federation and sympathized for China and the Cuban Revolution (Wikipedia).+Miguel Ángel Bustos's poetry was inspired by his travels through 1960 and 1963 and his acquaintance with Jacobo Fijman (Wikipedia). He attracted the attention of the Argentinean military regime through his outspoken political views and journalism at //Nuevo Hombre//.((Desimone, Arturo. "Was Miguel-Ángel Bustos the Argentinean poet who prophesied his own death? //Medium//, 2 April 2018, https://medium.com/anomalyblog/was-miguel-%C3%A1ngel-bustos-the-argentinean-poet-who-prophesied-his-own-death-59a6c6435048)) //Neuvo Hombre// openly spoke out against the regime at the time.((Desimone, Arturo. "Was Miguel-Ángel Bustos the Argentinean poet who prophesied his own death? //Medium//, 2 April 2018, https://medium.com/anomalyblog/was-miguel-%C3%A1ngel-bustos-the-argentinean-poet-who-prophesied-his-own-death-59a6c6435048)) Bustos was involved with the Communist Youth Federation and sympathized for China and the Cuban Revolution (Wikipedia).
  
  

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