Poem 'Oksfordo' by Jorge Camacho Cordón

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MS. Eng. c. 8418, fol. 32

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Poem written in Esperanto by Jorge Camacho Cordón on his visit to Oxford in August 1993. Also provided is literal translation into English by Marjorie Boulton.

Dates

Creation: 17-20 Aug 1993

Extent

1 leaf

Language of Materials

Esperanto
English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. c. 8418, fol. 32].

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Shelfmark:

MS. Eng. c. 8418, fol. 32

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 22652

Additional Description

Abstract

Poem written in Esperanto by Jorge Camacho Cordón, with English translation by Marjorie Boulton, 1993.

Biographical / Historical

Jorge Camacho Cordón was born on 18 November 1966 in Zafra, Spain. He became a member of the Academy of Esperanto in 1992, and resigned from it in 2001. Since 1995 he has worked for the European Union as an interpreter from English and Finnish into Spanish.

He is best known for his Esperanto poems. He won several literary prizes, inluding the Grabowski Prize in 1992.

He visited Oxford in August 1993, the result of which was the present poem on Oxford.