Diáspora

poetry by Peri Rossi

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Diáspora is a 1976 poetry collection by Uruguayan writer Cristina Peri Rossi. The term "diaspora" itself refers to populations originating from the same place but dispersed to different locations, stemming from the Greek for "to sow over". Peri Rossi's work often explores themes of exile and displacement, reflecting her own experience leaving Uruguay in 1972 due to political repression. Her poetry, like much of her writing, is characterized by irony, wit, and metaphysical depth, frequently focusing on female protagonists and the complexities of identity and belonging when removed from one's homeland.12

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