Description
El Autor (self-published), Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina. Published 1993. Paperback, 103 pp.; 18 cm; text in Spanish; 1993 printing ([Septima Edicion], not stated on the copyright page; the printed edition list runs through the Sexta Edicion of September 1990). In Good Plus condition. White pictorial paper covers show mild shelf wear, with light bumping to the edges and corners, light aging and soiling. Small chip to the paper at the foot of the spine; spine lightly creased but binding tight. Pages lightly aged, otherwise unmarked. Signed and inscribed by the author in blue ink ("Con afecto") at the lower corner of the front free endpaper. Laid in are two copies of a "Recuerdo de Humahuaca" souvenir card for the Peña Cultural "Los Amigos," the reverse of each reproducing in color a painting by José M. Cornide depicting the author and his fellow musicians in the hills of the Quebrada, together with a two-sided promotional card for La Peña de Fortunato Ramos, the author's folk-culture peña at the corner of Jujuy and San Luis in Humahuaca.A collection of regional customs, poems and regionalismos (local Andean Spanish and Quechua vocabulary) of the Quebrada de Humahuaca in Jujuy, northwest Argentina, by the noted rural teacher, folk poet and musician Fortunato Ramos.[From back cover] FORTUNATO RAMOS. Maestro Normal Nacional Regional en actividad. Escritor, musico regional, recitador costumbrista, labrador de la tierra. Colaborador activo del Tantanakuy que, propulsado por Jaime Torres, se realiza cada año en Humahuaca. El cortometraje "Ecos sobre los Andes," de Miguel Angel Pereira y Federico Urioste, gira sobre el quehacer de este poeta humahuaqueño. Junto a "Churqui" Choquevilca, las hermanas Candelaria y Ernestina Cari y Sixto Vazquez, buscan redescubrir, afirmar y difundir la cultura quebradeña. Difunde la audicion "Humahuaca, corazon de la Quebrada" por LRA 22 Radio Nacional San Salvador de Jujuy. Descubierto y alentado por Jaime Torres, se presenta en ocasiones a su lado, y en otras solamente con su erque, sus poesias y sus vivencias. La base del largometraje "La Deuda Interna" de Miguel Angel Pereira es parte de la vida de un alumno de Santa Ana, Veronico Cruz, relato vivencial escrito por este maestro rural.