Arts for the 21st Century

Nancy Morejón

Nancy Morejón

Nancy Morejón was born in Central Havana, Cuba and studied Language and French Literature at the University of Havana. Her published works include ‘Mutismos’ (Silences) 1962; ‘Amor, cuidad attribuida’ (Love, Attributed City) 1964 and ‘Richard trajo se flauta’ (Richard Brought His Flute) 1967. Her published works of poetry are ‘Poemas’ (Poems) 1980, ‘Elogia de la Danza’ (In Praise of Dance) 1982 and ‘With Eyes and Soul: Images of Cuba, 2004’. Her critical works include essays on Nicholas Guillen and she has translated the poetry of Jacques Roumain and Aimé Césaire. Her poetry which appears widely in anthologies, has also been translated into various languages. Nancy Morejón is Cuba’s Poet Laureate.

Girl Leaving Guinea

I am eight years old. I was born in Guinea, like my parents. I fell asleep waiting for the plane and never saw them again. We were headed for New York, we weren’t going through Tierra Firme, we weren’t crossing the Darien Gap, we weren’t swimming through the Río Bravo.
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