The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry Paperback - 1996 - 1st Edition
by J. D. McClatchy
From Pablo Neruda to Derek Walcott to Bei Dao, this lavish anthology showcases verse by 83 of the world's greatest contemporary poets. J.D. McClatchy, editor of The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, has selected masterpieces from four continents and two dozen languages, translated by such distinguished poets as Elizabeth Bishop, W.S. Merwin, Ted Hughes, and Seamus Heaney.
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This groundbreaking volume may well be the poetry anthology for the global village. As selected by J.D. McClatchy, this collection includes masterpieces from four continents and more than two dozen languages in translations by such distinguished poets as Elizabeth Bishop, W.S. Merwin, Ted Hughes, and Seamus Heaney. Among the countries and writers represented are:
Bangladesh--Taslima NasrinChile--Pablo Neruda
China--Bei Dao, Shu TingEl Salvador--Claribel Alegria
France--Yves BonnefoyGreece--Odysseus Elytis, Yannis Ritsos
India--A.K. RamanujanIsrael--Yehuda Amichai
Japan--Shuntaro TanikawaMexico--Octavio Paz
Nicaragua--Ernesto CardenalNigeria--Wole Soyinka
Norway--Tomas TranstromerPalestine--Mahmoud Darwish
Poland--Zbigniew Herbert, Czeslaw MiloszRussia--Joseph Brodsky, Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Senegal--Leopold Sedar SenghorSouth Africa--Breyten Breytenbach
St. Lucia, West Indies--Derek Walcott
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- Title The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry
- Author J. D. McClatchy
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 688
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York
- Date 1996-06-25
- ISBN 9780679741152 / 0679741151
- Weight 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 8.01 x 5.23 x 1.29 in (20.35 x 13.28 x 3.28 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Poetry, Modern - 20th century - Translations
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95050628
- Dewey Decimal Code 808.810
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Citations
- Booklist, 07/01/1996, Page 1797
- Library Journal, 07/01/1996, Page 121
- Publishers Weekly, 06/24/1996, Page 52
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