| The Blue Butterfly: The Balkan Trilogy, Vol. 1 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Berengarten, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1848611773 ISBN-13: 9781848611771 Publisher: Shearsman Books OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.92 |
| Series: Balkan Trilogy |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.49 lbs) 172 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Taking its departure from both the Nazi massacre at Kragujevac in former Yugoslavia in 1941, and a moment at the memorial museum in 1985, when a blue butterfly descended onto Berengarten's writing hand, this profound book crafts living poetry out of suffering and tragedy. Passionate and thoughtful, demanding and rewarding, this moral and joyous work is European in context but universal in scope and relevance. |
Contributor Bio(s): Berengarten, Richard: - Richard Burns (aka Richard Berengarten) is a European poet who writes in English and lives in Cambridge. He was born in London in 1943 into a family of musicians. He has lived in Greece, Italy, the UK, the USA and former Yugoslavia, and has travelled widely in other countries. He has published more than 20 books. In 1975, he launched and coordinated the first international Cambridge Poetry Festival. As a theorist, he is especially interested in poetry universals. His poems have been translated into 21 languages. He is a Bye-Fellow at Downing College, Cambridge and Preceptor at Corpus Christi College. |