Vol 4 No 1 2010
PART TWO of La Infancia y los exilios/Childhood and Exile: UNEXILE SANTIAGO
SEGUNDA PARTE de la Infancia y los Exilios/Childhood and Exile: DESEXILIO
translated by Francisca Durán
Francisca Duran (BAH Queens University, MFA York University) is an independent filmmaker and translator who has been producing experimental documentaries since 1991. Her films and videos explore the intersection points of memory, history and technology within the material presence of the film medium. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally.
Claudio Durán arrived in Canada in exile after the military coup that deposed the government of President Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973. In 1974 he became a Professor of Philosophy and Social Science at York University, where he is presently a Senior Scholar. He has won several teaching awards of which the most important one was the 1993 Canadian Professor of the Year. In poetry, he has published Homenaje, After the Usual Clients Have Gone Home, Depués del Silencio/After Silence (with Chilean poet Jaime Gómez Rogers), Santiago, La Infancia y los Exilios, and a biligual book La Infancia y los Exilios/Childhood and Exile . His poetry has been published in several anthologies and literary magazines, and he has participated in many poetry readings. He has been an organizer of poetry readings in Toronto.
Poeta chileno, residente en Canadá adonde llegó en exilio después del golpe militar que derrocó al gobierno de Salvador Allende en 1973. Fué profesor de Filosofía y Ciencia Social en York University, actualmente Professor Emeritus y Senior Scholar de la misma Universidad. Tiene varias publicaciones poéticas entre las cuales se mencionan sus libros “Homenaje”, “Más Tarde que los Clíentes Habituales”, y su libro-poema “Santiago”. Ha participado en numerosos encuentros poéticos en Canadá y ha sido organizador de varios recitales en York University y en la ciudad de Toronto. Recibió varios premios de docencia universitaria, entre los cuales se menciona el premio de Profesor Canadiense del año 1993.