Stone and sky ( es, Piedra y cielo) was a Colombian
literary movement
Literary movements are a way to divide literature into categories of similar philosophical, topical, or aesthetic features, as opposed to divisions by genre or period. Like other categorizations, literary movements provide language for comparing ...
that appeared in 1939 and whose name is taken from the title of a 1919 poetry book published by
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón (; 23 December 1881 – 29 May 1958) was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which in the Spanish language constitutes an example of high ...
. Members of this literary movement were often called ''piedracielistas''.
The movement corresponds to a generation of writer born between 1910 and 1915. There was no formal manifesto or school for the movement.
Characteristics of this group were, among many others, hypersensitivity, and emotion and insolence against consecrated and canonized forms.
Juan Lozano y Lozano was a prominent critic of the movement.
Authors
Notable works
Organized as an editorial, the authors who formed a part of this literary movement published their works in
journals, including the following:
* La ciudad sumergida, Jorge Rojas (1911-1995)
* Territorio amoroso, Carlos Martín (1914- 2008)
* Presagio de amor, Arturo Camacho Ramírez (1910-1982)
* Seis elegías y un himno, Eduardo Carranza (1913-1985)
* Regreso de la muerte, Tomás Vargas Osorio (1908-1941)
* El ángel desalado, Gerardo Valencia (1911-1994)
* Habitante de su imagen, Darío Samper (1909-1984)
See also
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Nadaism
Nadaism ( es, Nadaísmo, meaning "Nothing-ism" in English) was an artistic and philosophical counterculture movement in Colombia prevalent from 1958 to 1964. The movement was founded by writer Gonzalo Arango and was influenced by nihilism, existen ...
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Colombian literature
Colombian literature, as an expression of the culture of Colombia, is heterogeneous due to the coexistence of Spanish, African and Native American heritages in an extremely diverse geography. Five distinct historical and cultural traditions can ...
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Latin American Boom
The Latin American Boom ( es, Boom latinoamericano) was a literary movement of the 1960s and 1970s when the work of a group of relatively young Latin American novelists became widely circulated in Europe and throughout the world. The Boom is mos ...
Colombian literature
Literary movements
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