The Old Coastline: Selected Poems of M. Vasalis Contributor(s): Vasalis, M. (Author), Lessing, Fred (Translator), Young, David (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1936671557 ISBN-13: 9781936671557 Publisher: Pinyon Publishing OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry - Family & Relationships - Nature |
Dewey: 839.311 |
LCCN: 2019936135 |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6" W x 9" (0.43 lbs) 126 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Family |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: She has been called "the Dutch Elizabeth Bishop." These are poems that readers cherish for their intensity, intimacy, and cinematic effects. SIMULTANEITY The little dog with pricked-up ears, M. Vasalis (1909-1998) was the pen name of Margaretha Drooglever-Fortuyn-Leenmans, a Dutch psychiatrist who specialized in children. Her poems come out of her life, her experience of the natural world, her professional practice, and her family relations. They arise from the pressure of occasion and necessity rather from an ambition to originality or greatness--their relative modesty is one of their secret strengths. Vasalis remains one of the most widely read and admired poets of her language and country. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lessing, Fred: - Fred Lessing, Holocaust survivor, psychotherapist, and retired professor of Philosophy, retained his native Dutch language after immigrating to America at age 12. He had no knowledge of Vasalis until his brothers asked him about "De idioot in het bad." Fred felt it was inspired by the same muse as much of David Young's poetry. That launched their project to make Vasalis' work available to English speaking lovers of poetry.Young, David: - David Young is a poet (Field of Light and Shadow, 2010), editor (Field magazine and Oberlin College Press), and translator (Du Fu, Rilke, Petrarch, Holub) who enjoys collaborative translation, particularly with one of his oldest friends, Fred Lessing.Vasalis, M.: - M. Vasalis (1909-1998) was the pen name of Margaretha Drooglever-Fortuyn-Leenmans, a Dutch psychiatrist who specialized in children. Vasalis remains one of the most widely read and admired poets of her language and country, called "the Dutch Elizabeth Bishop." |