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The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry

by J. D. McClatchy

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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 Nasrin

Chile--Pablo Neruda

China--Bei Dao, Shu Ting

El Salvador--Claribel Alegria

France--Yves Bonnefoy

Greece--Odysseus Elytis, Yannis Ritsos

India--A.K. Ramanujan

Israel--Yehuda Amichai

Japan--Shuntaro Tanikawa

Mexico--Octavio Paz

Nicaragua--Ernesto Cardenal

Nigeria--Wole Soyinka

Norway--Tomas Transtromer

Palestine--Mahmoud Darwish

Poland--Zbigniew Herbert, Czeslaw Milosz

Russia--Joseph Brodsky, Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Senegal--Leopold Sedar Senghor

South Africa--Breyten Breytenbach

St. Lucia, West Indies--Derek Walcott

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780679741152

Author:

McClatchy, J. D.

Publisher:

Vintage Books

Editor:

McClatchy, J. D.

Author:

McClatchy, J. D.

Location:

New York :

Subject:

Literature

Subject:

Anthologies (multiple authors)

Subject:

Anthologies

Subject:

Poetry

Subject:

Poetry, modern

Subject:

Translations into english

Subject:

Poetry, Modern -- 20th century -- Translations into English.

Subject:

Poetry, Modern -- 20th century.

Subject:

Poetry -Anthologies

Copyright:

1996

Edition Number:

1st ed.

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Series:

Vintage

Series Volume:

104-111

Publication Date:

19960631

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Y

Pages:

688

Dimensions:

8.01x5.23x1.29 in. 1.19 lbs.

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