Ensouled Region, Shining: The Poems of Fray Luis de León - Paperback

by Fray Luis de León (Author), H. L. Hix (Translator)

In Spain today, Fray Luis de León is esteemed every bit as highly as his "Golden Age" contemporary, St. John of the Cross, yet no complete edition of Fray Luis's poems translated into English verse has appeared until now. Ensouled Region, Shining captures the intense reverence of poems that are backed by deep theological learning but charged with simple wonderment. These poems are the timeless testaments of a spiritual visionary.

Author Biography

Spanish "Golden Age" poet Fray Luis de León (1527-1591) spent his adult life as an Augustinian monk and, except for the four years during which he was imprisoned by the Inquisition, a professor at the University of Salamanca. He is the author of significant theological works, notably The Names of Christ, and of the small but profound body of lyric poems translated in this volume.



H. L. Hix is a professor in the philosophy and religious studies department and the creative writing program at the University of Wyoming. His previous translations include a "sayings gospel" of words attributed to Jesus, Teacher's Teachings; his other recent books include a testamentary lamenting lives ended by gun violence, American Outrage, and the Vern Rutsala Book Prize-winning poetry collection Constellation.