Originally published under the titles Dictado por la jaurâia (1962), Malos modales (1965), and Las contradicciones sobrenaturales (1967) by Juan Calzadilla, copyright à Ediciones del Techo de la Ballena, Caracas.
Juan Calzadilla is one of Venezuela's most celebrated poets, painters, and art critics. He is the author of more than twenty books of poetry and a recipient of Venezuela's National Prize for the Visual Arts. His work, across both mediums, is characterized by political consciousness and formal innovation.