Barnet, Miguel: Brief (mit Umschlag und Beilage) an Henze, Hans Werner. undatiert
author: Barnet, Miguel
language: es
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[A bright blue frame is painted on the postal card, leaving an area of 127x87mm free inside; a female-like figure has been painted on in dark blue, very light greenish blue and white.]

After 21 May 1970 [A newspaper clipping dated 21 May 1970 was attached to this postcard. This makes it possible to ascertain that it was definitely written after this date.]
Querido Hans;

Aquí estamos igual, aunque más tristes por tu ausencia y la de Fausto. Yo trabajo ya en concreto y mi próximo libro empieza a dar vueltas en mi cabeza ¡atómica! . Berroa está terminando la opera de La Sagrada Familia[^1] y va muy muy bien.

[^1: La Sagrada Familia is a collection of poems by Miguel Barnet published in 1967. It is likely that Berroa was setting some of Barnet's poems to music. On the collaboration with Berroa and Barnet, see also the letter dated 7 April 1973 and that dated 30 May 1973.]

Rogelio sigue en la cama, como un bendito. Solo lo vi una vez. Y me mandó esta carta. [Barnet probably also sent Rodríguez's letter, however this has yet to be located.] Toda La Habana habla de tu retorno al país de adopción. [Henze had planned a third trip to Cuba in 1970, however this never materialised.] Esperan la música para el ballet [It is not clear which ballet Barnet is alluding to here. In 1970 Henze revised the ballet Des Kaisers Nachtigall and he is probably referring to this work.] y hablan de ella en la prensa.

Hablé con Santiago [The Santiago that Barnet is referring to cannot be identified in the correspondence. He would seem to be someone Henze had met during his visits to Cuba.] que me llamó para preguntarme acerca de ti, tu dirección etc.,. Me dijo que él quería que tú hicieras la música y que te escribiría. ¡Qué bueno!

Pronto te hará una carta, esto es sólo un noticiero. Te extraño, brother, conejito, jicotea, radar, esponja, genio, cabrón de la vida, hermano y amigo universal.

Tu leal,
Miguelito

Desde esta esquinita que me ha dejado Miguel, recibe un fuerte abrazo. Enrique. (Miguel está insoportable ¡De Verdad!) [This right-justified paragraph is found in a box in the lower-left corner of the page.]