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The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry

By J. D. McClatchy

By J. D. McClatchy

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Jun 25, 1996 | ISBN 9780679741152

The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry by J. D. McClatchy
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Jun 25, 1996 | ISBN 9780679741152

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About The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry

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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About J. D. McClatchy

J. D. McClatchy (b. 1945) was the author of eight collections of poetry and three collections of prose. He edited numerous other books, including The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, and wrote a number of opera libretti that have been performed… More about J. D. McClatchy

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Category: Poetry | Literary Criticism | Reference

Paperback | $18.95
Published by Vintage
Jun 25, 1996 | 688 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679741152
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