Selected Poems
$36.15
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
28 August 2023
Summary
Bold and original poetry from a leading figure of an underrepresented anglophone tradition.
Lakdhas Wikkramasinha is one of the major Sri Lankan poets of the twentieth century. Fearlessly political, “powerful and angry” (as Michael Ondaatje calls him in his memoir Running in the Family), Wikkramasinha has influenced generations of writers in Sri Lanka. Yet his work, originally self-published in limited editions, has long been inaccessible.
This new volume, edited by Aparna Hal…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781681377346 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1681377349 |
| Author: | Lakdhas Wikkramasinha, Aparna Halpé |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books |
| Imprint: | NYRB Poets |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 28 August 2023 |
| Weight: | 150g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 114mm |
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“Even though, in fact, hardly a photograph of him exists today, he has written some of the most permanent and iconic poems of [Sri Lanka].” —Michael Ondaatje, from the foreword
About The Author
Lakdhas Wikkramasinha
Lakdhas Wikkramasinha (1941-1978) was a Sri Lankan poet, known for his experimental fusions of English and Sinhala. His work appeared in Madrona, Eastern Horizon, Outposts, University of Chicago Review, and other local and international journals. At age 36, he died by drowning.
Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian author, filmmaker, and editor. Ondaatje’s novel The English Patient was a Booker Prize winner in 1992 and was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize in 2018. Ondaatje is also involved with Coach House Books, where he contributes as a poetry editor.
Aparna Halpe is a poet and a professor of English at Centennial College. Her work on contemporary postcolonial fiction has been published in numerous scholarly journals. She is the author of Precarious, a collection of poems.
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