Divan of Ghalib

Dutch poet Nachoem Wijnberg disguises himself as his great Indian predecessor Ghalib, fashioning a rich and ripe volume.

About the author

Nachoem Wijnberg: Nachoem Wijnberg (Amsterdam, 1961) published 16 books of poetry and 5 novels. His work is translated in many languages. An earlier collection of English translations – by David Colmer – was published by Anvil Poetry Press in the U.K. under the title Advance Payment (2013).
David Colmer: David Colmer is an Australian translator of Dutch literature based in Amsterdam. He has won many translation prizes, including the Impac prize for his 2010 translation of Gerbrand Bakker’s The Twin and the Independent Foreign Fiction award for his 2012 rendering of Bakker’s The Detour.

Summary

Dutch poet Nachoem Wijnberg disguises himself as his great Indian predecessor Ghalib, fashioning a rich and ripe volume.

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Product details

• Authors: Nachoem Wijnberg, Nachoem M. Wijnberg
• Assisted by: David Colmer (Translation)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9781935210856
• ISBN: 978-1-935210-85-6
• No. of pages: 156
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 272 g
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama