DARMANGEAT, Pierre and A.D. TAVARES BASTOS. Introduction a la Posie Ibero-Americaine.

Paris: Le Livre du Jour, 1947. First edition. Softcover. 19.1cm by 14.4cm. 461 pages. Substantial postwar anthology and critical introduction to Spanish American and Brazilian poetry, presenting French translations of major Ibero-American poets together with introductory essays and biographical material. The volume formed part of the early French rediscovery of Latin American literature before the later “Boom” generation brought the continent’s writing to wider European attention. The anthology ranges across both Hispanic and Lusophone traditions, including modernist, avant-garde, and nationalist currents, and was among the more ambitious attempts of the period to present Ibero-American poetry to a French readership in a single comprehensive volume. Includes work by Pabloa Neruda, Octavio Paz and many others. A very good copy in printed wrappers.