Selected Translations : 2000-2020
by
Ilan Stavans
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Pitt Poetry Series
ISBN-10
0822966603
ISBN-13
9780822966609
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Imprint
University of Pittsburgh Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 23rd, 2021
Print length
208 Pages
Weight
250 grams
Dimensions
15.30 x 22.70 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
Poetry anthologies (various poets)
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A international collection of poems celebrating the beauty of poetry in different languages.
For twenty years, Ilan Stavans has been translating poetry from Spanish, Yiddish, Hebrew, French, Portuguese, Russian, German, Georgian, and other languages. His versions of Borges, Neruda, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Ferreira Gullar, Raúl Zurita, and dozens of others have become classics. This volume, which includes poems from more than forty poets from all over the world, is testimony to a life dedicated to the pursuit of beauty through poetry in different languages. “Lightning from the Stable” by Elizabeth Schön (Venezuela, 1921–2007)You don’t choosethe abyss, the chaos, the nothingnessThey reach youin water running slowlyfor you not to be surprised by the absence of matter around younear the light of the soul callingthe wing’s passing flap of the earth you live in.
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