The Catalan Poems, 9781784107673
Paperback
The first book-length collection of Catalan poetry from Spain’s greatest living poet.

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  • Paperback

    140 pages

  • Release Date

    2 July 2019

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Summary

Spain’s greatest living poet, Pere Gimferrer (b.1945) has written more than thirty books spanning verse, fiction, essay, and criticism. Though his earliest writings appeared in Spanish, in 1970 he began publishing in Catalan, and has alternated between the two languages since (with occasional forays into French and Italian). The present collection, the first book-length publication of Gimferrer’s Catalan poetry in English, brings together work from all phases of his career. His poetry is a ma…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781784107673
ISBN-10:1784107670
Author:Pere Gimferrer, Adrian Nathan West
Publisher:Carcanet Press Ltd
Imprint:Carcanet Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:140
Release Date:2 July 2019
Weight:188g
Dimensions:216mm x 135mm x 13mm
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Critics Review

`Gimferrer lives in and for poetry… His virtuosity shows he is capable of renewal and change without repudiating himself. Few authors can manage such breadth and depth.’ - Juan Goytisolo

About The Author

Pere Gimferrer

Pere Gimferrer has won numerous prizes for his essays, poetry, and fiction, and is a distinguished translator from French and English into Spanish and Catalan, as well as the author of monographs on Miró and Max Ernst. His work has been praised by Juan Goytisolo, Mario Vargas Llosa, Roberto Bolaño, and Harold Bloom.

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