Martín Adán, a poeta poet at the edge of the madness

Martín Adán is one of our better poets. He was born in Lima in 1908 and died in 1985. He took a bohemian life due to his interest for the alcohol. He suffered deep crises for what he lived for seasons in the mental hospital, though he was not mad. His first book was La casa de cartón, which treats of the experiences of a teenager called Ramon. This book is considered like the first ultramodern novel of Peru. Also he wrote several books of poetry as Travesía de extramares and Escrito a ciegas. His poetry is characterized by the inscrutability, the barroquism, the metaphysical depth and the use of symbols.