Synopsis
Represented in all modern anthologies by his great poem on Irish history A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford , Derek Mahon is regarded with Heaney and Longley as the leader of the resurgence of Irish poetry from the late 60s onwards. He writes lyric poetry of enormous wit, elegance and scepticism. Penguin published his first Selected Poems in 1990 - this new, expanded edition revisits the older work, but also contains important new work from his most recent volume, Harbour Lights .
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Born in Moudon, Switzerland in 1925, Philippe Jaccottet is one of the most prominent figures of the immediate post-war generation of French poets. He has lived in France since 1953, working as a translator and freelance writer. As well as poetry, he has published prose writings, notebooks and critical essays. He is particularly well known as a translator from the German language (Musil, Rilke, Mann, Holderlin), but he has also translated Homer, Plato, Ungaretti and Montale.
Review
There is a copiousness and excitement about these poems found only in work of the highest order. -- Seamus Heaney
Verse of astonishing versatility and singing power. -- Hugh Haughton, Times Literary Supplement
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