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Isabel Sabogal

Isabel María Sabogal Dunin-Borkowski (born October 14, 1958 in Lima) is a Polish-Peruvian bilingual novelist, poet, translator of Polish literature into Spanish and astrologer.

Isabel Sabogal
Isabel Sabogal, Cusco 2004
Isabel Sabogal, Cusco 2004
BornIsabel María Sabogal
October 14, 1958
Lima, Peru,
OccupationPoet, novelist, translator and astrologer
NationalityPeruvian and Polish
Notable worksUn Universo dividido

Biography edit

Her parents were José Rodolfo Sabogal Wiesse (Peruvian, son of the painter José Sabogal) and Józefa Maria Dunin-Borkowska (Polish). Sabogal grew up in Lima, Göttingen and Warsaw and studied Hispanic literature and Linguistics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.[1]

Publications edit

Books published edit

  • Requiebros vanos. Poetry book. Lima, Ignacio Prado Pastor Editor, 1988;[2]
  • Entre el Cielo y el Infierno, un Universo dividido (Between Heaven and Hell, a divided Universe). Fantasy novel. Lima, Ignacio Prado Pastor Editor, 1989[3] and reprinted in 1993. Published a second time as Un Universo dividido (A divided Universe), Lima, Ediciones Altazor, 2016. ISBN 978-8-49-211428-3.[4]
  • Todo está hecho a la medida de ti misma. Poetry book. Lima, Grafos & Maquinaciones, 2022.

Work published in anthologies edit

  • Poems in the anthology Poesía: Perú s. XXI (Poetry: Peru XXI century), (compilation by Dalmacia Ruiz Rosas and Willy Gómez Migliaro), Lima, Fundación Yacana, 2007.[5]
  • Ricardo Silva Santisteban (anthologist): Antología general de la traducción en el Perú (General anthology of translation in Peru), volume VII. Lima, Universidad Ricardo Palma – Editorial Universitaria, 2016. ISBN 978-612-4234-63-7.
  • Short story La vampira (The vampire) in the anthology of the fantastic stories Trece veces Sarah. Un proyecto de José Donayre (Thirteen times Sarah. A project by José Donayre), Lima, Ediciones Altazor, 2017, ISBN 978-849-2114-39-9.
  • Poems in the anthology Un otoño azul (A blue autumn), (compilation by Gloria Mendoza Borda). Arequipa, Cuervo Editores – Alianza Francesa de Arequipa, 2018.

Work published within other books edit

  • El dibujo del mundo (The drawing of the world), text published in the Pedro José Granado's novel Un chin de amor, Lima, Editorial San Marcos, 2005.[6]

Work published in the press edit

  • Dni poczęcia (The days of conception), Warsaw, Fantastyka magazine, 1990, N° 2, (in Polish).[7]
    • In Spanish language: Los días del origen, Relatos increíbles magazine, Nº 19, October 2020. Author's translation.
  • A fragment of an unpublished novel Niewiarygodna Bajka (The unbelievable story), Kraków, Lektura magazine, Nº 11/12, 1992, (in Polish). [8]
  • Historia o pewnej qeqe (Story of a "qeqe"), Andean oral tradition compiled and translated by Sabogal to Polish. Salwator i świat magazine, Kraków, 1992, N° 1, (in Polish).
  • Poetry, La hoja latinoamericana magazine, Uppsala, 1992 – 1993;
  • Poetry, El Sol newspaper, Cusco, 2002 – 2004;
  • Cuatro poetas cusqueños (Four poets of Cusco), Lima's cultural magazine Voces, Lima, N° 39, December 2009.[9]
  • Notes about Polish history, literature and culture in the Peruvian-Polish press, 2006–2016.[10]
  • La hora "U" (The hour "U"), Relatos increíbles magazine, Nº 17, June 2020.
  • Nuestra guerra sin fin (Our endless war), Relatos increíbles magazine, Nº 23, January 2022.
  • Nuestro pueblo errante (Our wandering people), Relatos increíbles magazine, Nº 26, May 2022.

Translation from Polish into Spanish edit

  • Polonia: la revolución de Solidarność (Poland: The Solidarność revolution), Lima, Apuntes, Centro de Documentación e Investigación, 1982. It includes Sabogal's translations of the Polish underground writings.[11]
  • Sabogal was the editor, translator and wrote the introduction to Poesía escogida (Selected Poetry) of the Polish poet and Nobel Laureate, Czesław Miłosz. A bilingual edition in Polish and Spanish, sponsored by the Polish Embassy in Lima and the American-Peruvian Cultural Institute. Lima, Ediciones del Hipocampo, 2012.[12]

Blog edit

  • Since 2007 she has been blogging on the Isabel Sabogal platform which includes Sabogal's own work as well as writings on literature, astrology and other subjects.

Cultural management edit

  • Co-organizer of the III Peruvian Women Writers' Meeting, held in September 2003 in Cusco.
  • Co-organizer of the Seminar La mujer y la Literatura (Woman and Literature), held in March 2004 in Cusco.
  • Co-organizer of the round table on Czeslaw Milosz, held in November 2011 in Lima, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the poet's birth.[13]

Distinctions edit

Bibliography edit

  • Rossella di Paolo: Entre el Cielo y el Infierno, Lima, alternative news magazine La tortuga, Nº 31, 1989.[15]
  • Carina Moreno: Poesía escogida de Czeslaw Milosz, Lima's cultural magazine Voces, Lima, Nº 49, October 2012.
  • Ricardo Silva Santisteban: Breve historia de la traducción en el Perú, Lima, Instituto Bibliográfico del Perú, 2013. ISBN 978-612-46210-1-7.

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ Interview with Isabel Sabogal Dunin-Borkowski (in Spanish);
  2. ^ Requiebros vanos in Google books;
  3. ^ Entre el Cielo y el Infierno, un Universo dividido;
  4. ^ Un Universo dividido in the Peruvian books website (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Yacana y los nuevos mitos por Miguel Ildefonso (in Spanish).
  6. ^ Silvana Maria Mamani: La poesía como contacto andino-caribeño (in Spanish).
  7. ^ Polish Literary Bibliography
  8. ^ Niewiarygodna Bajka
  9. ^ Voces magazine
  10. ^ Polonian Digital Library
  11. ^ Preguntas incómodas sobre el modelo polaco (in Spanish).
  12. ^ Poesía escogida;
  13. ^ Piotr M. Małachowski: Co Czesław Miłosz robi w stolicy Peru? Łączy ludzi (in Polish).
  14. ^ Award ceremony.
  15. ^ Rossella Di Paolo: Entre el Cielo y el Infierno
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