The cimarron in hans werner henzes recital for four musicians, esteban montejo, was born in 1860 and at the age of 104 was interviewed extensively about his life by the cuban ethnologist and writer miguel barnet. This biography of a runaway slave is arguably the bestknown book to have been written and published in revolutionary cuba. Sie begegneten einem hochintelligenten, eigensinnigen. In the first subsection entitled first memories, describes his memories as a child, of being in africa and the things his people enjoyed. His memories were poignant of a free life, where african children can play about in the. In the nineteenth century on cuba, cimarron was a word used for an escaped slave. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading biography of a runaway slave. Aug 15, 2010 it is the testimonial narrative of esteban montejo, a former slave, runaway, and soldier in the cuban wars of independence.
The text is the collaboration between ethnographer miguel barnet and montejo, the result of three years of taperecorded interviews, transcribed, edited and annotated by barnet. Miguel angel barnet lanza born january 28, 1940 is a cuban writer, novelist and ethnographer. Because of these, the resulting narrative covered aspects which are of particular interest to himself and miguel. It is a monologue that escapes any mechanism of literary creation and nevertheless, is inscribed in the literature by virtue of its poetic projectionsalejo carpentier. Known as an expert on afrocuban culture, he studied sociology at the university of havana, under fernando ortiz, the pioneer of cuban anthropology.
Diese auszeichnung empfing barnet 2004 fur sein langjahriges engagement fur einen deutschkubanischen kulturaustausch. Because of these, the resulting narrative covered aspects which are of particular interest to himself and miguel barnet. Interviewed at age 103, montejo knew that he was probably the only one in cuba who could provide future generations an insight into the untold life of a runaway slave. He knew that his memoirs are important enough to be published. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Barnet, miguel, 1940publication date 1984 topics montejo, esteban, b. The text is the collaboration between ethnographer miguel barnet and montejo, the result of three years of taperecorded interviews. Biography of a runaway slave by miguel barnet, esteban montejo published by curbstone books 1995 paperback. The text is the collaboration between ethnographer miguel barnet and montejo, the result of three years of taperecorded interviews, transcribed. Biography of a runaway slave work by barnet britannica.
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