Another Republic - 17 European and South American Writers

Informationen zum Autor Charles Simic was a poet, essayist, and translator who was born in Yugoslavia in 1938 and immigrated to the United States in 1954. He published more than twenty books of poetry, in addition to a memoir and numerous books of translations for which he received many honors, including the Pulitzer Prize, the Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award, the Griffin Poetry Prize, a MacArthur Fellowship, and the Wallace Stevens Award. In 2007, he served as poet laureate of the United States. He was a distinguished visiting writer at New York University and professor emeritus at the University of New Hampshire, where he taught since 1973. He died in January 2023 at the age of eighty-four. Klappentext First published in 1976, this astonishing anthology from two U.S. Poet Laureates, Charles Simic and Mark Strand, compiles a selection of the finest translated literature of the time, showcasing the then-little-known writers who had a profound influence on the current generation of poets. Zusammenfassung First published in 1976! this astonishing anthology from two U.S. Poet Laureates! Charles Simic and Mark Strand! compiles a selection of the finest translated literature of the time! showcasing the then-little-known writers who had a profound influence on the current generation of poets.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Simic, Strand Simic
• Assisted by: Charles Simic (Editor), Mark Strand (Editor)
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2008
• EAN: 9780880011914
• ISBN: 978-0-88001-191-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY: American / General, POETRY: POETS: H TO Z, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Places, POETRY: Caribbean & Latin American, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Family, POETRY: European / German, POETRY: European / Italian