An Ordinary Man

An Ordinary Man is an anthology of poems written by Ferreira Gullar, compiled and translated by Leland Guyer—a project that began more than twenty-five years ago. The hardcover limited edition of Gullar’s epic and long out-of-print “Poema sujo” [Dirty Poem], was originally published in English by Guyer in 1990. Until now, this work had remained relatively unknown in the United States.


This e-book includes the full version and translation of “Poema sujo” and other poems from Gullar’s oeuvre dating from 1950 to 1999. In addition, this book contains audio recordings of poems read by Leland Guyer in Portuguese. An Ordinary Man is also included in the Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros’ digital edition of Ferreira Gullar in conversation with/en conversación con Ariel Jiménez.