Poems New and Collected
New and Collected
$41.70
- Paperback
296 pages
- Release Date
29 November 2000
Summary
Described by Robert Hass as “unquestionably one of the great living European poets” and by Charles Simic as “one of the finest poets living today,” Szymborska mesmerizes her readers with poetry that captivates their minds and captures their hearts. This is the book that her many fans have been anxiously awaiting—the definitive, complete collection of poetry by the Nobel Prize-winning poet, including 164 poems in all, as well as the full text of her Nobel acceptance speech of December 7, 1996, in Stockholm. Beautifully translated by Stanislaw Bara”nczak and Clare Cavanagh, who won a 1996 PEN Translation Prize for their work, this volume is a must-have for all readers of poetry.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780156011464 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0156011468 |
| Author: | Wislawa Szymborska, Wisawa Szymborska |
| Publisher: | Mariner Books |
| Imprint: | Roundhouse Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 29 November 2000 |
| Weight: | 353g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 140mm x 208mm |
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Wislawa Szymborska
Wislawa Szymborska was born in Western Poland in 1923. Her poems have been translated (and published in book form) in many international languages. She is the Goethe Prize winner (1991) and Herder Prize winner (1995). She has a degree of Honorary Doctor of Letters of Poznan University (1995). In 1996 she received the Polish PEN Club prize, and is the 1996 Nobel Laureate in Literature.
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