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Nadaista

English translation: Nadaist

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Spanish term or phrase:Nadaista
English translation:Nadaist
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin

13:23 Nov 27, 2013
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Spanish term or phrase: Nadaista
This is a description of the catalogue to a show taht took place in Colombia in the sixties:

los contenidos incluyen un texto de presentación escrito por el poeta nadaísta XXX y la lista de las veintiséis obras expuestas...

Apparently, Nadaismo was a movemente connected to existentialism. I am not finding convincing hits for "Nothingism" on the internet. Wikipedia has ane entry in Spanish and a few other lanagauge (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadaísmo) but not in English.
Thanks!
Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 05:12
Nadaist
Explanation:
An anglicisation of the Colombian expression is used for this, as it is a specific movement: Nadaism.

See this article:

http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/cou_article/it...
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Nadaist


Explanation:
An anglicisation of the Colombian expression is used for this, as it is a specific movement: Nadaism.

See this article:

http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/cou_article/it...


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