Leaf-huts and Snow-houses
Selected Poems
$42.34
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
27 June 2003
Summary
This title is a Poetry Book Society recommended translation. In this generous selection of nearly half of Hauge’s poetic work, Robin Fulton displays the range, variety and distinctive qualities of his poetry. Though deeply rooted in the West Norwegian landscape which he evokes so memorably, Hauge’s poetry has a kinship in background and temperament with that of Robert Frost, while also sharing the wry humour and cool economy of William Carlos Williams and Brecht, whom he translated. Often epi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780856463570 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0856463574 |
| Author: | Olav H. Hauge, Robin Fulton |
| Publisher: | Carcanet Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Anvil Press Poetry |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 27 June 2003 |
| Weight: | 205g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 138mm x 11mm |
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‘Beyond the simple clear writing, there’s a special kind of human being at work, with a lot of wisdom in the cellar, sensible to living in the cosmos… Robin Fulton’s translations are authentic English poetry’Herbert Lomas, Ambit
About The Author
Olav H. Hauge
Olav H. Hauge (1908–1994) lived nearly all of his life in his native Ulvik in Western Norway, where he worked as a gardener. His poetry is now seen as one of the main achievements of twentieth-century Norwegian literature.Robin Fulton, Scottish poet, editor and translator, has lived in Norway since 1973. He is a notable translator of Scandinavian poetry whose versions of Swedish poets, including Tomas Tranströmer, received the Artur Lundkvist Award in 1977 and Swedish Academy Awards in 1978 and 1998. His translations of Olav H. Hauge are published by Anvil. His own A Northern Habitat: Collected Poems was published in 2014 by Marick Press (Michigan).
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