A Contemporary Latin American Homo Poeticus: Ruta Dos by Daniel Calabrese.

This article reads Ruta Dos [Highway Number Two] by Daniel Calabrese, an Argentine poet with an outstanding literary career, from a European point of view concerning contemporary Latin American poetry. Calabrese's book has had a long-lasting impact since its awarded appearance in 2013, counting subsequent editions in Chile, Spain, Cuba, and translations into Italian, Bulgarian and Portuguese. Ruta Dos , as its very title indicates, fits within what is known as road literature in more than one sense. Calabrese has produced a work that is linked to the works of memory in the socio-political context of Argentina during his childhood, adolescence and early youth. For this reason, necessary mention is made about his most recent book of poetry, Compás de espera [Waiting Beat], which is composed with the self-reflecting memories of a young man taken as a soldier to the Falklands War in 1982. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]