The Grupo Taller de Estocolmo (Stockholm Workshop Group) was an assembly of

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an writers founded in 1977, in Sweden, by the poets Sergio Infante, Adrián Santini, Carlos Geywitz,

Sergio Badilla Castillo Sergio Badilla Castillo (born November 30, 1947 in Valparaiso, Chile) is a Chilean poet and the founder of poetic transrealism in contemporary poetry. He is considered the Latin American poet with the broadest Nordic influence, from the Finnish ...

and the prose writer Edgardo Mardones.

History

The Grupo Taller de Estocolmo had a leading role in the diffusion of Chilean and Hispano-American Literature during the final decades of the 20th century in

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. It was supported by the Swedish writer

Sun Axelsson Sun Axelsson (19 August 1935 in Gothenburg, Sweden – 14 January 2011 in Stockholm) was a Swedish poet, novelist, translator and journalist. Life Axelsson was the youngest daughter of the master gardener Karl Edvin Axelsson and Mignon Axe ...

, who served as a link with the intellectual circles in the

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for the exiled writers who had arrived in the Swedish capital. Some of the most important books of each of the five writers who were part of the Grupo Taller were produced during this time of joint creativity, including: ''Sobre exilios'' by

Sergio Infante Sergio Infante (born May 1, 1947 in Santiago de Chile) is a Chilean poet, essayist, university professor and writer, who resides in Sweden. Life In the late 60s, Sergio Infante led an intense cultural life in the artistic circles of the Chilean ...

, ''Después del centauro'' by Adrian Santini, the ''El ojo de la ira'' by Carlos Geywitz, ''La morada del signo'' of

, and ''Caperucita esperando al lobo'' by Edgardo Mardones. In 1991, Infante, Badilla, Santini and Geywitz, were included in the first Chilean poetry anthology in Swedish
Bevingade Lejon
(Winged Lion), published by the largest book publishing company in Sweden, namely Bonniers Förlag, edited and translated by Sun Axelsson, with translation by Marina Torres, Leif Duprez y Sören Persson. This literary community ended its activities definitively at the end of the eighties.

References

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