33 of the Most Beautiful Love Poems - Softcover

Lesmian, Boleslaw

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1466220236 ISBN 13: 9781466220232

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

Synopsis

These 33 selected love poems (plus three self-contained poems)?translated by Marian Polak-Chlabicz, in original-language versions and translations set side by side, with eight very impressive drawings by Janusz Skowron, renowned artist from New York?constitute a unique book whose author Boleslaw Lesmian is regarded as the greatest Polish poet by many literary scholars?as the one who reached the highest verbal artistry in his mother-tongue verse. His masterpieces are virtually unknown outside Poland because of the lack of translations (especially into non-Slavic languages). His extremely idiosyncratic poetic diction full of neologisms, and strict metrical versification have made his poetry ?untranslatable? until now. Marian Polak-Chlabicz, a literary translator and poet himself, dared to do that which had been considered undoable. Not only has he conveyed the Lesmianian-ness of the original; he has created beautiful poems in English. Here are a few quotes about the author and the transl

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1466220236
• ISBN 13: 9781466220232
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 126
• Illustrator: Skowron Janusz