Selva Negra Coffee Estate Quarterly Newsletter
Fall 2006


Eddy Kuhl Releases Two New Books

Over the past years Eddy Kuhl has become more than just a well-known Nicaraguan author he has become a historian of the Matagalpa region and Nicaragua in general. His books center on different historical facts about Nicaragua, specially the Matagalpa region, he has documented the history of this place through interviews of many of its eldest residents and through continual research of its fascinating legends. For his first book, Matagalpa y sus gentes, Eddy even has a special section at the end of the book that lists the name of every person that he interviewed for the book along with their age when he interviewed them. This section of the book is a testament to Eddy's efforts as caretaker of Matagalpa's history. He also published the history of coffee in Nicaragua, and the biography of one of its best poets.

In addition to being an author, he has also produced a CD of traditional Matagalpan music. As part of his music project, Eddy traveled around Matagalpa searching for musicians that could still play traditional Matagalpan songs with traditional instruments. Once he had found enough musicians with an interest in his project he brought them all together at a recording studio to bring this traditional music back to life for enjoyment by many who had probably forgotten how the traditional music sounded. Eddy is a true historian who cares about all facets of Matagalpan history and this history is recorded in both written form as well as in music.

Eddy Kuhl presented in Managua on the 15th of November the release of his two new books. The titles of his two new books are Matagalpa Indians: Language, history and legends and a small biography Salomon de la Selva. This marks Eddy's 6th book.

  • 2006: Salomon de la Selva - This book commemorates the life of the poet Salomon de la Selva. He is considered one of best of the country, a bilingual author who left Nicaragua in 1906 when he was 12, and headed to New York. He published books in English and Spanish, fought as a soldier in WWI and was a contemporary with Edna Saint Vincent Millay. T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Bertrand Russell.
  • 2006: Indios Matagalpas: Lengua, Cuentos y Leyendas - This book documents the history and dialect, stories and legends of the Matagalpan Indians of Chibcha origin.
  • 2004: Nicaragua y su Café - In this book Eddy illuminates the history of coffee in Nicaragua starting from Spanish Colonial times to the present. Illustrated with 520 photographs, maps and graphics.
  • 2004: Anecdotas Nicaraguenses - Eddy co-authored this book about Nicaraguan anecdotes
  • 2002: Matagalpa y su musica - A revival of the campesino music of Matagalpa. Polkas and Mazurcas.
  • 2002:Matagalpa Historica - This book discusses the history of Matagalpa, focusing in the Spanish Colonization
  • 2001: Album Souvenir de Nicaragua 1903. Eddy published a reproduction on a photo album, covering the whole country, made in 1903 by a German photographer, friend of his grandpa, George Schmidt
  • 2000: Matagalpa y sus gentes - In this book, he sheds light on some of the history of the prominent (current and historical) citizens of Matagalpa and foreing immigrants that settled in this region. (German, Brittish, American, French, Italian and Swedish)

Eddy's books can be found at: Library of Congress in Washington, NYC Public Library, Columbia University, Harvard Univ., Bancroft Library in Berkeley, and the Miami Dade Public Library.
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