| Collected Poems in English Contributor(s): Kolatkar, Arun (Author), Mehotra, Arvind Krishna (Editor) |
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ISBN: 185224853X ISBN-13: 9781852248536 Publisher: Bloodaxe Books OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Asian - General |
| Dewey: 821.914 |
| LCCN: 2010533722 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" (1.30 lbs) 383 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Arun Kolatkar was one of India's greatest modern poets. He wrote prolifically in both Marathi and English, but did not publish a book of poems until he was 44. Jejuri (1976) won him the Commonwealth Poetry Prize. His third Marathi publication, Bhijki Vahi, won a Sahitya Akademi Award in 2004. Always hesitant about publishing his work, Kolatkar waited until 2004, when he knew he was dying from cancer, before bringing out two further books, Kala Ghoda Poems and Sarpa Satra. A posthumous selection, The Boatride and Other Poems (2008), edited by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, contained his previous uncollected English poems as well as translations of his Marathi poems; among the book's surprises were his translations of bhakti poetry, song lyrics, and a long love poem, the only one he wrote, cleverly disguised as light verse. This first Collected Poems in English brings together work from all those volumes. |