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An archive for translated correspondence between Spanish poets and artists! Sister website to /lorca, my archive for translated Spanish poetry.
I will mostly translate correspondence between Federico García Lorca and Salvador Dalí or between Gregorio Prieto and Vicente Aleixandre.
CLICK on the images to read a little bit about the artists and their respective relationships!
The translated letters are located underneath the original ones, separated by a line. If there are any footnotes or notes I, the translator, wish to include in a particular letter, they will be located under the translation and preceded by an indicator.
Dalí → Lorca Jul 1928 | "Tú eres una borrasca cristiana..."
Lorca → Dalí
Aleixandre → Prieto
Cadaqués, Jul 1928.
(…) Tú eres una borrasca cristiana y necesitas de mi paganismo. La última temporada en Madrid te entregaste a lo que no te debiste entregar nunca. Yo iré buscarte para hacerte una cura de mar. Será invierno y encenderemos lumbre. Las pobres bestias estarán ateridas. Tú te acordarás que eres inventor de cosas maravillosas y viviremos juntos con una maquina de retratar (…)
Salvador Dalí.
(...) You are a Christian storm and are in need of my paganism. At your last stay in Madrid you gave yourself to what you should have never given yourself. I will go find you to make you a cure from the sea. It will be winter and we will light up some fire. The poor beasts will be stiff from the cold. You will remember that you are an inventor of marvelous things and we will live together alongside a portrait-making machine (...)
Salvador Dalí.
Translator's note: This letter is not complete.
FAQ/Directory
Q: Why aren't there any letters from Prieto to Aleixandre?
A: All of Aleixandre's inventory, including all the letters he kept, were passed on to Carlos Bousoño: and later, to his widow, Ruth Bousoño. This woman has been withholding most of Aleixandre's inventory since it came into her possession due to certain events that went down between Aleixandre and her husband. Within this withheld, unavailable inventory, are Prieto's letters. For the moment, neither I nor any other entity has access to them.
Q: Why did you name this site after Prieto, if none of his letters are available?
A: Precisely because of that. I think it's a fun contradiction.
Q: Why are some letters incomplete?
A: Parts of letters may be lost, illegible or restricted. I work with what I have.
Q: I want to know more about [insert relevant thing].
A: Ask me through my Neospring!