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Trilce
Sign in to saveTrilce (Lima, 1922) is the best-known book by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo, and is considered, thanks to its lexicographical and syntactical boldness, as a major work of international modernism and a poetic masterpiece of the avant-garde in Spanish.
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- Author
- César Vallejo
- First published
- 1922
- Editions
- 11
- Subjects
- Translations into English, Spanish poetry, Romance literature, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Modernism (Literature), Modern Poetry
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Trilce (Lima, 1922) is the best-known book by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo, and is considered, thanks to its lexicographical and syntactical boldness, as a major work of international modernism and a poetic masterpiece of the avant-garde in Spanish.
== First edition == Vallejo began writing the book in 1918. For the most part it was written in 1919, and the last two poems in 1922. The first edition was printed in the workshops of the Penitentiary of Lima, in a short print run of 200 copies.
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