Genre: Poetry

Imprint: Moving Words


Read sample of the book Tengri: The Book Of Mysteries by Íkaro Valderrama.


Felicitation of Íkaro Valderrama in 2022 along with other poets by the members of the Kolkata Poetry Confluence (KPC).


Translated from the Spanish by Santiago Ospina Celis

Written by globe-trotter turned poet Íkaro Valderrama and translated by Santiago Ospina Celis, these poems are born from the depths of timeless myths and ancestral truths of faraway soils. Those looking to immerse themselves into poetic mysticism, Tengri is a gift for them.

Book Details

Language: ‎English
Hardcover: ‎64 pages
ISBN: ‎979-8385703289
Formats: Hardcover | Kindle
Price: ₹250

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Íkaro Valderrama Ortiz (Sogamoso, Colombia, July 17, 1984) is a singer, writer, philosopher, editor, and producer born in Sogamoso, Colombia. His musical and literary work is influenced mainly by his experiences and learning in Siberia, by poetry and social song.

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As a singer-songwriter, he is noted for the use of the Siberian throat-singing (khai, uzlyau, xöömej) and the kotodama. Electric guitar and Siberian instruments accompany him in his presentations. Founding member of Tash-Obaa, a music duet from Khakassia. His anthology Cuentos de minicuentos undoubtedly establishes Ikaro Valderrama as one of the masters of the short genre in recent Colombian literature.

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Santiago Ospina Celis is a Colombian translator. He is also a founder, director, and member of the editorial committee of the magazine Otro páramo. He is pursuing a Ph.D in Comparative Literature at New York University.

Read some of his translation works.