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The New Century. Poems.
Ewa Lipska
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Description for The New Century. Poems.
Paperback. Features poetry that tells us something essential about the legacies of the twentieth century's horrors. Translator(s): Davidson, Robin; Nowakowska, Ewa Elzbieta. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
Since the publication of her first book in 1967, Ewa Lipska has been among the most acclaimed of contemporary Polish poets. Yet, to date she has not enjoyed the same popularity in the United States as her fellow Poles Wislawa Szymborska, Czeslaw Milosz, and her contemporary Adam Zagajewski. ""The New Century: Poems"", a selection of her recent work, introduces to an American audience the work of an underappreciated master. Although Lipska's work displays an acute awareness of history and politics, she's nonetheless most concerned with individual experience and the most difficult philosophical questions of evil. Lipska is capable of being ... Read more
Since the publication of her first book in 1967, Ewa Lipska has been among the most acclaimed of contemporary Polish poets. Yet, to date she has not enjoyed the same popularity in the United States as her fellow Poles Wislawa Szymborska, Czeslaw Milosz, and her contemporary Adam Zagajewski. ""The New Century: Poems"", a selection of her recent work, introduces to an American audience the work of an underappreciated master. Although Lipska's work displays an acute awareness of history and politics, she's nonetheless most concerned with individual experience and the most difficult philosophical questions of evil. Lipska is capable of being ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810126336
SKU
V9780810126336
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About Ewa Lipska
Ewa Lipska was born in Krakow in 1945. She is the author of nineteen books of poetry and winner of numerous major literary awards, including the Polish PEN Club's Robert Graves Award for lifetime achievement in poetry. Collections of her verse have been translated into fifteen languages. She lives in Vienna and Krakow. Robin Davidson is a poet, translator, and ... Read more
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