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Selected Verse Translations
David Gascoyne
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This is a rich harvest from a renowned translator, an elegant survivor. In 1996, in his eightieth year, David Gascoyne was awarded the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres in recognition of his profound contribution to French literature and art. This collection includes some of his best work - early translations, recent unpublished translations, and a substantial section of translations printed in journals over the past twenty-five years.Translations by David Gascoyne of: Guillaume Apollinaire, Andre Breton, Blaise Cendrars, Rene Char, Xie Chuang, Rene Daumal, Yves de Bayser, Robert Desnos, Andre du Bouchet, Paul Eluard, Pierre Emmanuel, Jean Follain, Benjamin ... Read more
This is a rich harvest from a renowned translator, an elegant survivor. In 1996, in his eightieth year, David Gascoyne was awarded the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres in recognition of his profound contribution to French literature and art. This collection includes some of his best work - early translations, recent unpublished translations, and a substantial section of translations printed in journals over the past twenty-five years.Translations by David Gascoyne of: Guillaume Apollinaire, Andre Breton, Blaise Cendrars, Rene Char, Xie Chuang, Rene Daumal, Yves de Bayser, Robert Desnos, Andre du Bouchet, Paul Eluard, Pierre Emmanuel, Jean Follain, Benjamin ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781870612333
SKU
V9781870612333
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About David Gascoyne
David Gascoyne's death in November 2001 was marked by the lead obituaries in all the British broadsheets as well as in Le Monde. As a poet and translator he had been internationally renowned since the 1930s. He was the first chronicler in English of the Surrealist movement, and an essayist and reviewer of dazzling range. His association with Enitharmon Press ... Read more
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