David Rosenmann-Taub: Poems and Commentaries

Kenneth Gorfkle earned a doctorate in Spanish literature, graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2014. During his graduate work at UNC he gained expertise and ultimately became an authority on the work of Chilean poet, composer, and draftsman David Rosenmann-Taub. In the last nine years, Dr. Gorfkle has written and published extensively on the poet. He has also received a grant and several awards from the Corda Foundation, which preserves and promotes the work of this challenging and multifaceted artist.

"The poetry of David Rosenmann-Taub selected in this book is demanding, rigorous, and a type of synthesis that I would dare to call intimidating. Kenneth Gorfkle successfully translates these arduous demands from Spanish into English. They are accompanied by a brief commentary as if the translator had intended to talk with readers softly; whisper to them, if you will, the indispensable meaning and uniqueness that Rosenmann-Taub's have in Spanish." - Marcelo Rioseco, University of Oklahoma