Selected Translations Contributor(s): Merwin, W. S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1556594372 ISBN-13: 9781556594373 Publisher: Copper Canyon Press OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
Dewey: 808.81 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (1.40 lbs) 420 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Cultural Region - Asian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This collection of W.S. Merwin's translations is a deeply worthy book, beautifully produced, and meant to last as a physical object and cultural offering.--World Literature Today None surpass him. This Selected Translations is amazing in scope, mastery, themes, artistry, imagination: a testimony to a lifetime of consequential work.--Three Percent An absorbing experience that resonates with a multitude of cultural viewpoints and traditions, spanning centuries of human history. An astonishing tour de force.--Midwest Book Review Selected Translations is the lifework from one of America's greatest poets and translators. Dedicated to the art of translation since his undergraduate years at Princeton, W.S. Merwin achieved an unmatched oeurve of translated poems from every corner of the earth, from dozens of languages. This massive achievement is an essential volume for every library, public and private. Basho's Tomb at Konpuku-ji Temple I will die too In the wild winter wind I bury the charcoal embers I wear this hood W.S. Merwin won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry twice, most recently for The Shadow of Sirius, and the National Book Award for Migration: New and Selected Poems. Author and translator of over fifty books, Mr. Merwin lives in Hawaii and France. |