Pondering the Weight of Being - Volume 30

This anthology ? the first in English ? charts Orelli's poetic journey from his debut collection in 1944 to the last poems written shortly before his death. Selected and introduced by Orelli's foremost scholar, Pietro De Marchi, and translated and annotated by two award-winning translators, Marco Sonzogni and Ross Woods, Pondering the Weight of Being brings to English-speaking readers a major poet.

About the author

Giorgio Orelli (1921-2013) was born and died in the Italian-speaking canton of Switzerland known as Ticino, which provides the geographical and existential setting to his writing. Regarded as one of the most important voices in contemporary Italian poetry, Orelli was also an insightful scholar and inspiring teacher of Italian literature.

Product details

• Authors: Giorgio Orelli, Ross Woods
• Assisted by: Ross Woods (Translation)
• Publisher: Guernica Editions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781771830263
• ISBN: 978-1-77183-026-3
• No. of pages: 150
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 218 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 195 g
• Series: Essential Translations; Essential Translations; Essential Translations Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies