Book of Gods and Devils

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 Loneliness, loss, sadness, and mystery mark this wonderful volume of forty-nine poems by Charles Simic, winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and praised as ?one of the truly imaginative writers of our time? by the Los Angeles Times. Zusammenfassung Loneliness, loss, sadness, and mystery mark this wonderful volume of forty-nine poems by Charles Simic, winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and praised as “one of the truly imaginative writers of our time” by the Los Angeles Times.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Simic, Charles Simic
• Edition: Ecco Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.11.1990
• EAN: 9780156135467
• ISBN: 978-0-15-613546-7
• Pages: 80
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 218 mm x 5 mm
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie; Poetry, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Epic, United States of America, USA, nonfiction;american;america;poetry;american poetry, Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Medieval style, POETRY: American / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Love & Erotica, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Places, POETRY: Medieval, POETRY: Epic, POETRY: Caribbean & Latin American, POETRY: American / Asian American, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world, Poetry by form: Haiku