Leonora Carrington's The Hearing Trumpet
The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington: Surrealist Storytelling and Female Friendship.
Excerpts from The Hearing Trumpet are ready by Verna Sorrentino
This episode is based on The NYRB edition of The Hearing Trumpet published in 2021.
The Hearing Trumpet was written in the 1950s, and was originally published in 1974.
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FROM WIKIPEDIA: Mary Leonora Carrington OBE (6 April 1917 – 25 May 2011[1]) was a British-born Mexican artist, surrealist painter, and novelist. She lived most of her adult life in Mexico City and was one of the last surviving participants in the surrealist movement of the 1930s.[2] Carrington was also a founding member of the women's liberation movement in Mexico during the 1970s.[3][4] read more
Research Links:
- Leonora Carrington's - Art work: https://www.wikiart.org/en/leonora-carrington
- Museo Leonora Carrington: https://www.leonoracarringtonmuseo.org
- Article about Carrington and Varo: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/leonora-carrington-7615/love-friendship-rivalry-surreal-friends
Books I used for research:
- The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington by Joanna Moorhead.
- Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art by Susan L. Alberth
- Magia, Genio, Follia: Leonora Carrington by Lucio Giuliodori
- The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington by Leonora Carrington
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