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  Contemporary World Poetry (Paperback) Edited by J. McClatchy

  

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  Short Description for Contemporary World PoetryFrom Pablo Neruda to Derek Walcott to Bei Dao, this lavish anthology showcases verse by 83 of the world's greatest contemporary poets. J.D. McClatchy, editor of The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, has selected masterpieces from four continents and two dozen languages, translated by such distinguished poets as Elizabeth Bishop, W.S. Merwin, Ted Hughes, and Seamus Heaney.
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  • Publisher: Vintage Books
  • Published: 01 October 1996
  • Format: Paperback 654 pages
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  • Categories: Poetry Anthologies (various Poets)
  • ISBN 13: 9780679741152 ISBN 10: 0679741151
  • Sales rank: 327,529

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• This groundbreaking volume may well be the poetry anthology for the global village. As selected by J.D. McClatchy, this collection includes masterpieces from four continents and more than two dozen languages in translations by such distinguished poets as Elizabeth Bishop, W.S. Merwin, Ted Hughes, and Seamus Heaney. Among the countries and writers represented are: Bangladesh--Taslima NasrinChile--Pablo NerudaChina--Bei Dao, Shu TingEl Salvador--Claribel AlegriaFrance--Yves BonnefoyGreece--Odysseus Elytis, Yannis RitsosIndia--A.K. RamanujanIsrael--Yehuda AmichaiJapan--Shuntaro TanikawaMexico--Octavio PazNicaragua--Ernesto CardenalNigeria--Wole SoyinkaNorway--Tomas TranstromerPalestine--Mahmoud DarwishPoland--Zbigniew Herbert, Czeslaw MiloszRussia--Joseph Brodsky, Yevgeny YevtushenkoSenegal--Leopold Sedar SenghorSouth Africa--Breyten BreytenbachSt. Lucia, West Indies--Derek Walcott