Contra el silencio de las primaveras

Abstract

Concern for the ecological crisis, or for what Rachel Carson called the “Silent Spring”, exists all through twentieth-century Chilean poetry. In this article, the focus is on the strategies employed by two contemporary poets –the “Üñümche” or Mapuche “bird-man”, Lorenzo Aillapán, and Elvira Hernández– to confront and fight the loss of biodiversity and the extinction of birds.

Keywords

• Mapuche poetry
• Chilean poetry
• Ecocriticism
• Lorenzo Aillapán
• Elvira Hernández