Isabel Sabogal

Isabel María Sabogal Dunin-Borkowski (Lima, October 14, 1958) is a Polish-Peruvian bilingual novelist, poet, translator of Polish literature into Spanish and astrologer.

Biography

Her parents were José Rodolfo Sabogal Wiesse (Peruvian, son of the painter José Sabogal) and Józefa Maria Dunin-Borkowska (Polish). Sabogal grew up in Lima, Göttingen and Warsaw and studied Hispanic literature and Linguistics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.

Publications

Books published

* ''Requiebros vanos''. Poetry book. Lima, Ignacio Prado Pastor Editor, 1988;
* ''Entre el Cielo y el Infierno, un Universo dividido'' (Between Heaven and Hell, a divided Universe). Fantasy novel. Lima, Ignacio Prado Pastor Editor, 1989 and reprinted in 1993. Published a second time as ''Un Universo dividido'' (A divided Universe), Lima, Ediciones Altazor, 2016. .
* ''Todo está hecho a la medida de ti misma''. Poetry book. Lima, Grafos & Maquinaciones, 2022.

Work published in anthologies

* Poems in the anthology ''Poesía: Perú s. XXI'' (Poetry: Peru XXI century), (compilation by Dalmacia Ruiz Rosas and Willy Gómez Migliaro), Lima, Fundación Yacana, 2007.
* Ricardo Silva Santisteban (anthologist): ''Antología general de la traducción en el Perú'' (General anthology of translation in Peru), volume VII. Lima, Universidad Ricardo Palma – Editorial Universitaria, 2016. .
* Short story ''La vampira'' (The vampire) in the anthology of the fantastic stories ''Trece veces Sarah. Un proyecto de José Donayre'' (Thirteen times Sarah. A project by José Donayre), Lima, Ediciones Altazor, 2017, .
* Poems in the anthology ''Un otoño azul'' (A blue autumn), (compilation by Gloria Mendoza Borda). Arequipa, Cuervo Editores – Alianza Francesa de Arequipa, 2018.

Work published within other books

* ''El dibujo del mundo'' (The drawing of the world), text published in the Pedro José Granado's novel ''Un chin de amor'', Lima, Editorial San Marcos, 2005.

Work published in the press

* ''Dni poczęcia'' (The days of conception), Warsaw, ''Fantastyka'' magazine, 1990, N° 2, (in Polish).
** In Spanish language: ''Los días del origen'', ''Relatos increíbles'' magazine, Nº 19, October 2020. Author's translation.
* A fragment of an unpublished novel ''Niewiarygodna Bajka'' (The unbelievable story), Cracow, ''Lektura'' magazine, Nº 11/12, 1992, (in Polish).
* ''Historia o pewnej qeqe'' (Story of a "qeqe"), Andean oral tradition compiled and translated by Sabogal to Polish. ''Salwator i świat'' magazine, Cracow, 1992, N° 1, (in Polish).
* ''Poetry'', ''La hoja latinoamericana'' magazine, Uppsala, 1992 – 1993;
* ''Poetry'', ''El Sol'' newspaper, Cusco, 2002 – 2004;
* ''Cuatro poetas cusqueños'' (Four poets of Cusco), Lima's cultural magazine ''Voces'', Lima, N° 39, December 2009.
* Notes about Polish history, literature and culture in the Peruvian-Polish press, 2006–2016.
* ''La hora "U"'' (The hour "U"), ''Relatos increíbles'' magazine, Nº 17, June 2020.
* ''Nuestra guerra sin fin'' (Our endless war), ''Relatos increíbles'' magazine, Nº 23, January 2022.
* ''Nuestro pueblo errante'' (Our wandering people), ''Relatos increíbles'' magazine, Nº 26, May 2022.

Translation from Polish into Spanish

* ''Polonia: la revolución de Solidarność'' (Poland: The Solidarność revolution), Lima, Apuntes, Centro de Documentación e Investigación, 1982. It includes Sabogal's translations of the Polish underground writings.
* Sabogal was the editor, translator and wrote the introduction to ''Poesía escogida'' (Selected Poetry) of the Polish poet and Nobel Laureate, Czesław Miłosz. A bilingual edition in Polish and Spanish, sponsored by the Polish Embassy in Lima and the American-Peruvian Cultural Institute. Lima, Ediciones del Hipocampo, 2012.

Blog

* Since 2007 she has been blogging on the Isabel Sabogal platform which includes Sabogal's own work as well as writings on literature, astrology and other subjects.

Cultural management

* Co-organizer of the III Peruvian Women Writers' Meeting, held in September 2003 in Cusco.
* Co-organizer of the Seminar ''La mujer y la Literatura'' (Woman and Literature), held in March 2004 in Cusco.
* Co-organizer of the round table on Czeslaw Milosz, held in November 2011 in Lima, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the poet's birth.

Distinctions

* In July 2012 she was awarded the "Bene Merito" Honorary Distinction by the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Bibliography

* Rossella di Paolo: ''Entre el Cielo y el Infierno'', Lima, alternative news magazine ''La tortuga'', Nº 31, 1989.Rossella Di Paolo: ''Entre el Cielo y el Infierno''
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* Carina Moreno: ''Poesía escogida de Czeslaw Milosz'', Lima's cultural magazine ''Voces'', Lima, Nº 49, October 2012.
* Ricardo Silva Santisteban: ''Breve historia de la traducción en el Perú'', Lima, Instituto Bibliográfico del Perú, 2013. .

External links

* Elton Honores

(Isabel Sabogal. A divided Universe).
* Pedro Granados

(Shrewd and cunning poets of Peru, and also from other latitudes).
* Jorge Monteza
''Poesía reunida de Milosz''
(A compilation Milosz's poetry).
* Carlos Orellana
''Dos libros de poesía''
(Two books of poetry).
* Luis Pacho

(Selected poetry of Czeslaw Milosz).

References

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1958 births
Peruvian women poets
Peruvian women novelists
Peruvian speculative fiction writers
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Writers from Lima
Peruvian people of Polish descent
Translators to Spanish
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru alumni
Living people
20th-century Peruvian poets
20th-century women writers
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