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References
- ↑ Abel Montagut, Poemo de Utnoa . Pro Esperanto. Vienna, 1993. ISBN 3-85182-007-X. 225 p.
- ↑ SUTTON, Geoffrey. Concise Encyclopedia of the Original Literature of Esperanto, 1887-2007. New York: Mondial, 2008, p. 553-557. ISBN 978-1-59569-090-6
- ↑ Canto 1 contains 831 verses; canto 2, 968; canto 3, 883; canto 4, 799; canto 5, 1236; canto 6, 1017; canto 7, 1361
- ↑ MARTÍN RODRÍGUEZ, Mariano «Dioses extraterrestres en la nueva epopeya: "Utnoa", de Abel Montagut, y la remitificación paeloastronáutica de Noé» in Abel Montagut, Utnoa. Poema épico, La biblioteca del laberinto, Miraflores de la Sierra (Madrid), 2018, p. 7-38, ISBN 978-84-948-234-3-5.
- ↑ Jordi Solé i Camardons, «La gesta d’Utnoa de Abel Montagut», in Revista Hélice, Reflexiones críticas sobre ficción especulativa 4, volumen II. nº 4 - marzo 2015 (p. 93-94) https://www.revistahelice.com/revista/Helice_4_vol_II.pdf/
- ↑ Probal Dasgupta: «Afterword to Poemo de Utnoa by Abel Montagut», in Revista Hélice, Reflexiones críticas sobre ficción especulativa 24, Volumen IV. nº 10 • Primavera-verano de 2018, https://www.revistahelice.com/revista/Helice_24.pdf
- ↑ SUTTON, Geoffrey. Concise Encyclopedia of the Original Literature of Esperanto, 1887-2007. New York: Mondial, 2008, p. 553