Antonio Porchia
Antonio Porchia
Antonio Porchiawas an Argentinian poet. He was born in Conflenti, Italy, but, after the death of his father in 1900, moved to Argentina. He wrote a Spanish book entitled Voces, a book of aphorisms. It has since been translated into Italian and into English, French, and German. A very influential, yet extremely succinct writer, he has been a cult author for a number of renowned figures of contemporary literature and thought such as André Breton, Jorge Luis Borges, Roberto Juarroz...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth13 November 1886
CountryItaly
Man goes nowhere. Everything comes to man, like tomorrow.
It's been a long time since I asked anything of heaven, and my arms still haven't come down.
Everything had been stripped of deceptions, that time. And that time I was afraid of everything.
My bits of time play with eternity.
Every time I wake, I understand how easy it is to be nothing
When I die, I will not see myself die, for the first time.
The flower that you hold in your hands was born today and already it is as old as you are.