| Selected Poems of Salvador Espriu Revised Edition Contributor(s): Espriu, Salvador (Author), Bogin, Magda (Translator), Vallverdu, Francesc (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0393306372 ISBN-13: 9780393306378 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - Spanish & Portuguese |
| Dewey: 849.915 |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.18" (0.54 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Salvador Espriu was born in 1913. A member of the so-called generation of '36--those who were in their twenties at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War--Espriu became a voluntary exile in his own land. Writing in a forbidden language, hyperconscious of his historical moment, he took upon himself the task of saving Catalan for his people. In this bilingual edition, with a preface by the translator and an introduction by Francesca Vallverd , Espriu's friend and Spanish publisher, Magda Bogin has given us a glimpse into a remarkable body of poetry from a poet whose literary stature in Spain is akin to that o William Carlos Williams and T. S. Eliot in the English speaking world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Espriu, Salvador: - Salvador Espriu (1913-1985) is considered one of the Catalan language's most significant postwar writers, producing fiction, poetry, and drama. Two volumes of his Selected Poems are available in English translation.Vallverdu, Francesc: - Francesc Vallverdú Canes (b.1935) is a Catalan poet and lawyer. |