"I will make it that God exists": Claudio Bertoni and negative theology

Authors

  • Felipe Cussen Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Abstract

After an examination of Claudio Bertoni's critical reception, I pick up numerous mentions and refl ections in his interviews that make explicit an influence from negative theology. From there, I analize the presence of that religious perspective in his poetry, and I outline some interpretations that would allow to understand his written (and also plastic) work as an attempt to show his complex relationship with God through poverty and despair.

Keywords:

Claudio Bertoni, Chilean Poetry, Religious Poetry, Negative theology