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Javier Soto Zaragoza
Este artículo examina el exilio londinense de Joaquín Sabina en el tardofranquismo y las implicaciones que su relato ha tenido para su proyecto autorial. Tras contextualizar las causas de su huida y vivencia de ese tiempo, se determina que está más próximo al autoexilio que al exilio político forzoso. Independientemente de las dudas que arroja su (auto)exilio y de lo que haya podido magnificarse, la parte nuclear del artículo examina la proyección de una postura del exiliado que Sabina ha llevado a cabo sobre todo fuera de su obra y a la que también han contribuido terceros, como la prensa. Esa postura le ha permitido reforzar su imagen canalla y rebelde (e incluso la percepción que de él se tiene como maldito) y le ha proporcionado legitimidad, capital simbólico y hasta cierto peso en el campo literario. El artículo concluye que la pose del exiliado de Sabina es una estrategia útil dentro de su proyecto autorial, pues contribuye a afianzarlo y enriquecerlo.
This article examines Joaquín Sabina’s London exile during the late Francoist period and the implications his account has had for his authorial project. After contextualizing the causes of his departure and his experience during that time, the article argues that his case aligns more closely with self-imposed exile than with forced political one. Regardless of the ambiguities surrounding his (self-imposed) exile and the extent to which it may have been embellished, the main body of the article analyzes how the projection of an exilic posture which Sabina has cultivated largely outside his work and to which external agents, such as the press, have also contributed. This stance has enabled him to reinforce his roguish and rebellious public image (and even the perception of him as a “cursed” figure), while also granting him legitimacy, symbolic capital, and a certain standing within the literary field. The article concludes that Sabina’s adoption of the exiled posture constitutes a useful strategy within his authorial project, as it contributes to both its consolidation and enrichment.
