FUNDAÇÃO MALCOLM LOWRY

FUNDAÇÃO MALCOLM LOWRY

Este blogue foi criado com o intuito de unir a comunidade lowryana de todo o mundo, a fim de trocar ideias e informação sobre o autor, promover a organização de conferências, colóquios e outras actividades relacionadas com a promoção da sua obra. Este é o primeiro sítio trilingue feito no México sobre o tema. Cuernavaca, México.


Malcolm Lowry Foundation


This blog was created to comunicate all lowry scholars, fans and enthusiastics from around the world in order to promote the interchange of materials and information about the writer as well as organize events such as lectures, colloquiums and other activities related to the work of the author. Cuernavaca, Mexico.


FONDATION MALCOLM LOWRY

Ce blog a été crée dans le but de rapprocher la communauté lowryenne du monde entier afin de pouvoir échanger des idées et des informations sur l'auteur ainsi que promouvoir et organiser des conférences, colloques et autres activités en relation avec son oeuvre. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexique.

sábado, 12 de enero de 2008

spanishedition


The Spanish edition of Under the Volcano -Bajo el volcán- translated by the mexican scholar and friend Raúl Ortiz y Ortiz has a cover in which there appears a serigraphy by the Mexican artist Alberto Gironlla about Volcano, the book was first published in Spanish in 1964 by Ediciones Era, Mexico City.

the book


This is a first edition with an excellent cover of the book; the image shows Nicaragua street, the ravine and the volcano, present editions show worse things.

calle nicaragua


Humboldt street is the model for the Nicaragua Street in Under the Volcano, here is a picture taken from a point close to Larulle's house pointing south Cuernavaca.

martes, 8 de enero de 2008

Our Portuguese member


From back to front, Oscar Menéndez, Felix García and Marcel Teixeira, the Portuguese member of the Malcolm Lowry Foundation at the 2007 encounter.

lowry's house


Lowry's house in Cuernavaca was preserved due to the work of the city lowrians who stoped the owner of the house from destroying it and build a new house.

Poster of the 2007 colloquium


Here it is the poster showing how many people participated in the last colloquium.

Este es el poster del Coloquio, que muestra cuántas personas participaron.

special label


Aranda's special label for the 2007 mezcal and colloquium.

Etiqueta especial, obra de Aranda, para el mezcal del Coloquio 2007.

miércoles, 2 de enero de 2008

2002


Above: Felix García and Oscar Mata at the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos during the 1st International Malcolm Lowry Colloquium 2002. Below: Oscar Mata, Chris Ackerley, Oscar Menéndez, Sherrill Grace, Raúl Ortiz y Ortiz and friends in front of the Mirrors tomb, this tomb is the one that is mentioned, or at least corresponds very precisely with the description made in Dark as the grave... Raúl Ortiz is the translator of Under the Volcano into Spanish, a splendid job!

friends at colloquium


First picture from left: David Lida and Alberto Rebollo, Below: Chris Ackerley, Rebollo and Andy Smith at the 2002 colloquium in Cuernavaca. Smith is our American Founder Member of our Foundation. Rebollo was the winner of the Malcolm Lowry Prize for Literary Essay 2002, now is working on a new book on Lowry. Lida is a newyorker and the writer of "Travel Advisory", a book with short stories set in Mexico. Ackerley is a scholar from New Zealand and the writer of "A companion to Under the Volcano" a book which let you completely without anymore doubts about Volcano, he is also the creator of the most complete site about Lowry.

miércoles, 26 de diciembre de 2007

a great start



Felix García, known also as "Felicísimo de la O", offering a mezcal shot at the opening of the art exhibitions during the 2nd Colloquium, this time at the Old Casona Spencer downtown Cuernavaca. Oscar Menéndez, creator of the documentary "Malcolm Lowry in Mexico" is wearing a white hat. Both are members of the Malcolm Lowry Foundation.