Selected Poems of Tudor Arghezi (The Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation) - Hardcover

Arghezi, Tudor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 069164411X ISBN 13: 9780691644110

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Born in Bucharest of peasant stock, Tudor Arghezi (1880-1967) was awarded Romania's National Poetry Prize in 1946 and the State Prize for Poetry in 1956. The translators of this volume have endeavored not only to convey the spirit of the original Romanian, but to find an English equivalent for its sound. The English verse, printed facing the Romanian, conveys the distilled, metaphorical nature of a poetry that expresses a strong sense of ancestral continuity and apocalyptic visions of the world.

Originally published in 1976.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

About this title

About the Author

Brian Swann has published many books: poetry in translation, children's books, fiction, poetry, as well as editing volumes on Native American literature, the latest of which is Sky Loom: Native American Myth, Story, Song (University of Nebraska Press, 2014). His most recent of eleven poetry collections is In Late Light (John Hopkins University Press, 2013). He teaches at The Cooper Union in New York City.

Language Notes

Text: English, Romanian

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 069164411X
• ISBN 13: 9780691644110
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 254