Benchmarks: New and Selected Poems 1963-2013

Russian, German, Tlingit. Like the languages he translates, Richard Dauenhauer's poetry offers unexpected surprises. A prolific translator who also works in Finnish, Swedish, and classical Greek, he has a poetic command of language that has earned him wide recognition over fifty years of published work. Benchmarks spans these decades of writing, and each poem contained within marks a certain place in time and space, like a surveyor's benchmark. The poems play with language while focusing on the land and people of Alaska. And like Alaska itself, this book offers a variety of delights--readers will find a new experience with each turn.

About the author

Richard Dauenhauer is a widely recognized translator, and several hundred of his translations of poetry have appeared in a range of journals and magazines. He is a former poet laureate of Alaska.

Summary

Russian, German, Tlingit. Like the languages he translates, the author's poetry offers unexpected surprises. In this title, his poems play with language while focusing on the land and people of Alaska.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Dauenhauer
• Publisher: Univ Of Alaska Pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2013
• EAN: 9781602232099
• ISBN: 978-1-60223-209-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 231 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 413 g
• Series: University of Alaska Press - T; Alaska Literary Series; Alaska Literary; UAP - The Alaska Literary Series; THE ALASKA LITERARY SERIES
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama