‘A Poetic Concept of Identity’: An Interview with Mapuche Poet David Aniñir Guilitraro (Ramona Wadi/Upside Down World)

FROM ALBORADA




[The culture of Mapuche poetry has evolved into three distinctive forms: traditional, intellectual and urban. David Aniñir Guilitraro, an urban Mapuche poet from Santiago, has created a literary realm which connects the history of the Mapuche struggle to the social problems which the people face today. Guilitraro describes his book, Mapurbe, as ‘a poetic concept of