Roque Dalton was born 14 May 1935 in San Salvador, El Salvador, and was killed by his own guerrilla group forty years later, also in the month of May. Despite the brevity of his life span, Dalton wrot...
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In the following interview, translated by Elsie B. Adams, Dalton discusses the relationship between ideology and literature, especially as it pertains to his work.
Roque Dalton, winner of the 1969 ...
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In the following review, Jacobson compares Dalton to Latin American poets Otto René Castillo and César Vallejo, and, although recognizing Dalton's power as a poet, reproaches him ...
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In the following review of Un libro levemente odioso, a posthumous collection of Dalton's poetry, Menton singles out for special praise Dalton's poems questioning orthodox communist ideo...
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In the following excerpt, Beverley and Zimmerman discuss the relation of Dalton's poetry to the historical events and the revolutionary movements of Central America in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.
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In the following essay, Arias offers a brief account of Dalton's formative influences and outlines the role of his ideology in the formation of his prose and poetry.
The Salvadoran writer Ro...
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In the following review, the writer gives a thumbnail sketch of Dalton's work, praising his extravagance, wry sense of humor, and iconoclasm.
Long overlooked in the U.S., Dalton was born in ...
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In the following review, King emphasizes the qualities of revolutionary joy and wonder Dalton celebrated in his poetry.
Roque Dalton [author of Small Hours of the Night,] once addressed a poem to a...
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In the following review, Searle praises Dalton's “poetic genius.”
I first met the poetry of Roque Dalton of El Salvador during the late 1970s, at the height of the national lib...
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Roque Dalton
Interview by Roque Dalton with Mario Benedetti
