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Contemporary East European Poetry: An Anthology

by Emery George (Editor)

Other authors: Ioan Alexandru (Contributor), Eliezer Alquit-Blum (Contributor), Betti Alver (Contributor), Erich Arendt (Contributor), Tudor Arghezi (Contributor)142 more, Anna Świrszczyńska (Contributor), Asya (Contributor), Tomaž Šalamun (Contributor), Aco Šopov (Contributor), Albinas Žukauskas (Contributor), Māris Čaklais (Contributor), Elisaveta Bagryana (Contributor), Ion Barbu (Contributor), Magda Bartošová (Contributor), Kurt Bartsch (Contributor), Antonín Bartušek (Contributor), Vizma Belševica (Cover artist), Miron Białoszewski (Contributor), Lucian Blaga (Contributor), Ana Blandiana (Contributor), Vytautas Bložė (Contributor), Johannes Bobrowski (Contributor), Bozhidar Bozhilov (Contributor), Antonín Brousek (Contributor), Ion Caraion (Contributor), Nina Cassian (Contributor), Inara Cedrins (Editorial Consultant), Hanns Cibulka (Contributor), Sándor Csoóri (Contributor), Heinz Czechowski (Contributor), Janina Degutyte (Contributor), Blaga Dimitrova (Contributor), Georgi Djagarov (Contributor), Ștefan Augustin Doinaș (Contributor), Andrejs Eglitis (Contributor), Luchezar Elenkov (Contributor), Gábor Görgey (Contributor), Sigitas Geda (Contributor), Ágnes Gergely (Contributor), Ion Gheorghe (Contributor), A. Glanz-Layeles (Contributor), Jacob Glatstein (Contributor), Ivar Grünthal (Contributor), Anna Hajnal (Contributor), Moishe Leib Halpern (Contributor), Michael Hamburger (Editorial Consultant), Josef Hanzlik (Contributor), Jerzy Harasymowicz (Contributor), Zbigniew Herbert (Contributor), Vladimir Holan (Contributor), Miroslav Holub (Contributor), František Hrubín (Contributor), Peter Huchel (Contributor), Gyula Illyés (Contributor), Ivar Ivask (Editorial Consultant), Ivar Ivask (Contributor), Astride Ivaska (Contributor), Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (Contributor), Slavko Janevski (Contributor), Eugen Jebeleanu (Contributor), Bernd Jentzsch (Contributor), Jure Kaštelan (Contributor), Márton Kalász (Contributor), Bernard Kangro (Contributor), Jaan Kaplinski (Contributor), Tymoteusz Karpowicz (Contributor), Jascha Kessler (Editorial Consultant), Sarah Kirsch (Contributor), Edvard Kocbek (Contributor), Blaže Koneski (Contributor), Rachel H. Korn (Contributor), Aina Kraujiete (Contributor), Magnus J. Kryński (Editorial Consultant), Ryszard Krynicki (Contributor), Moishe Kulbak (Contributor), Günter Kunert (Contributor), Reiner Kunze (Contributor), Ivan V. Lalić (Contributor), Mani Leib (Contributor), Kalju Lepik (Contributor), Lyubomir Levchev (Contributor), Ewa Lipska (Contributor), Robert A. Maguire (Editorial Consultant), Itzik Manger (Contributor), Justinas Marcinkevičius (Contributor), Uku Masing (Contributor), Mateja Matevski (Contributor), Eugenijus Matuzevičius (Contributor), Czesław Miłosz (Contributor), Vasa D. Mihailovich (Editorial Consultant), Slavko Mihalić (Contributor), Branko Miljković (Contributor), Henrikas Nagys (Contributor), Ágnes Nemes Nagy (Contributor), Nino Nikolov (Contributor), Valters Nollendorfs (Editorial Consultant), Tadeusz Nowak (Contributor), Alfonsas Nyka-Niliūnas (Contributor), Jan Bolesław Ożóg (Contributor), Ottó Orbán (Contributor), Ewald Osers (Editorial Consultant), Violeta Palcinskaite (Contributor), Vesna Parun (Contributor), Thomas Amherst Perry (Editorial Consultant), Aleksandar Petrov (Contributor), János Pilinszky (Contributor), Vasko Popa (Contributor), Veronica Porumbacu (Contributor), Gabriel Preil (Contributor), Henrikas Radauskas (Contributor), Aleksis Rannit (Contributor), Lutz Rathenow (Contributor), Tadeusz Różewicz (Contributor), Paul-Eerik Rummo (Contributor), Gunars Saliņš (Contributor), Howard Schwartz (Editorial Consultant), Jacob Isaac Segal (Contributor), Jaroslav Seifert (Contributor), Aleksandar Shurbanov (Editorial Consultant), Charles Simic (Editorial Consultant), S. Daniel Simko (Contributor), Marin Sorescu (Contributor), Nichita Stănescu (Contributor), Gregor Strniša (Contributor), Olafs Stumbrs (Contributor), Abraham Sutskever (Contributor), Wisława Szymborska (Contributor), Husein Tahmiščić (Contributor), Judit Tóth (Contributor), JL Teller (Contributor), Virgil Teodorescu (Contributor), Gane Todorovski (Contributor), Miriam Ulinover (Contributor), Marie Under (Contributor), Ojars Vacietis (Contributor), Judita Vaičiūnaitė (Contributor), István Vas (Contributor), Miroslav Válek (Contributor), Tomas Venclova (Contributor), Tomas Venclova (Editorial Consultant), Juhan Viiding (Contributor), Sándor Weöres (Contributor), Wiktor Woroszylski (Contributor), Moshe Yungman (Contributor), Adam Zagajewski (Contributor), Jonas Zdanys (Editorial Consultant), Imants Ziedonis (Contributor)

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Providing a unique window into a poetic tradition little known and little understood in the West, Contemporary East European Poetry features one hundred and thirty poets from ten countries, with works translated from fifteen languages. Emery George, himself a distinguished poet and translator, here brings together over five hundred poems expertly rendered into beautiful, English verse by ninety translators, often working in collaboration with the original author. Represented are poets from many walks of life, contrasting religious and political outlooks, those working at home and in exile, and most importantly, poets who work in a wide variety of styles--from traditional forms to the most up-to-date experimental modes. Here are tightly woven Petrarchan sonnets and dramatic monologues alongside the free verse and mathematical experiments of a new generation. Preference is given throughout to the genuinely lyrical, to work that stresses the inventive use of language and the poet's tools and craftsmanship. The years of the 1960s and 1970s, filled as they were with the winds of change--both in society and in art--constitute the heart of this volume. There are poets both young and old, living and, in some cases, recently deceased. Poets born before 1940 are featured next to senior figures whose first distinguished work may date as far back as the twenties and thirties, but whose influence and works remained central during the two decades on which the collection focuses. While most of the poems are appearing here in English for the very first time, all are freshly translated for this volume. Earlier English versions, when they exist, appear side-by-side with the newly translated poem. There is no other volume available that even approaches the scope of Contemporary East European Poetry. For lovers of poetry and literature, and for those simply interested in a rich culture so long cut off from the world at large, it offers a wealth of insights and opportunities for discovery.… (more)
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George, EmeryEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Alexandru, IoanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Alquit-Blum, EliezerContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Alver, BettiContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Arendt, ErichContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Arghezi, TudorContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Świrszczyńska, AnnaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
AsyaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Šalamun, TomažContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Šopov, AcoContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Žukauskas, AlbinasContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Čaklais, MārisContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bagryana, ElisavetaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Barbu, IonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bartošová, MagdaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bartsch, KurtContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bartušek, AntonínContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Belševica, VizmaCover artistsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Białoszewski, MironContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Blaga, LucianContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Blandiana, AnaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bložė, VytautasContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bobrowski, JohannesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Caraion, IonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cassian, NinaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cedrins, InaraEditorial Consultantsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Csoóri, SándorContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Dimitrova, BlagaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Djagarov, GeorgiContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Doinaș, Ștefan AugustinContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Geda, SigitasContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Glanz-Layeles, A.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Glatstein, JacobContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Grünthal, IvarContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hajnal, AnnaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Harasymowicz, JerzyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Illyés, GyulaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Jebeleanu, EugenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Kaštelan, JureContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Kryński, Magnus J.Editorial Consultantsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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"This book originally appeared in 1983 in an Ardis Publishers edition. In this new [1994] edition, poet-translator George adds an "update" section of 32 poets, all born since 1945 and not included in the original version. This Oxford edition offers a massive selection of over 500 poems from 160 poets spanning ten countries and 15 languages, including Yiddish and the four languages of the former Yugoslavia. "
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Providing a unique window into a poetic tradition little known and little understood in the West, Contemporary East European Poetry features one hundred and thirty poets from ten countries, with works translated from fifteen languages. Emery George, himself a distinguished poet and translator, here brings together over five hundred poems expertly rendered into beautiful, English verse by ninety translators, often working in collaboration with the original author. Represented are poets from many walks of life, contrasting religious and political outlooks, those working at home and in exile, and most importantly, poets who work in a wide variety of styles--from traditional forms to the most up-to-date experimental modes. Here are tightly woven Petrarchan sonnets and dramatic monologues alongside the free verse and mathematical experiments of a new generation. Preference is given throughout to the genuinely lyrical, to work that stresses the inventive use of language and the poet's tools and craftsmanship. The years of the 1960s and 1970s, filled as they were with the winds of change--both in society and in art--constitute the heart of this volume. There are poets both young and old, living and, in some cases, recently deceased. Poets born before 1940 are featured next to senior figures whose first distinguished work may date as far back as the twenties and thirties, but whose influence and works remained central during the two decades on which the collection focuses. While most of the poems are appearing here in English for the very first time, all are freshly translated for this volume. Earlier English versions, when they exist, appear side-by-side with the newly translated poem. There is no other volume available that even approaches the scope of Contemporary East European Poetry. For lovers of poetry and literature, and for those simply interested in a rich culture so long cut off from the world at large, it offers a wealth of insights and opportunities for discovery.

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