I Don't Want This Poem to End: Early and Late Poems - Softcover

Darwish, Mahmoud; Shaheen, Mohammad

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9781566560009: I Don't Want This Poem to End: Early and Late Poems
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ISBN 10: 1566560004 ISBN 13: 9781566560009
Publisher: Interlink Books, 2017

Synopsis

When the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish died in 2008, his friends visited his home and retrieved poems and writings some of which are gathered together in this volume, translated into English for the first time. They include three collections from different phases in Darwish’s writing career, as well as reminiscences by friends drawn from the poet’s final years, and a moving account of the discovery of the new poems in this collection.

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About the Author

Mahmoud Darwish, born in 1941 in the village of al-Birweh, Palestine, was the author of over two dozen volumes of poetry and prose. When he died in the summer of 2008, he was mourned throughout the world as a voice of the Palestinian people—author of their official declaration of independence and, most importantly, a poet of the highest invention and beauty.

From the Back Cover

First English translation of new poetry by the late Mahmoud Darwish, the most important Palestinian contemporary poet. When the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish died in 2008, his friends visited his home and retrieved poems and writings some of which are gathered together in this volume, translated into English for the first time. They include three collections from different phases in Darwish?s writing career, as well as reminiscences by friends drawn from the poet?s final years, and a moving account of the discovery of the new poems in this collection. This volume includes:? ?How We Found the Poems? by Elias Khoury, a friend of Darwish and a distinguished novelist ? ?My Friend Mahmoud,? a biographical memoir by Professor Mohammad Shaheen, translator of Darwish?s poetry. ? ?The End of the Night,? ?It?s a Song,? and ?I Don?t Want this Poem to End??three collections totaling about 80 poems, most translated into English for the first time. ? ?On Exile,? a prose essay by Mahmoud Darwish. ? A letter from the poet to his brother, written in 1965 from an Israeli prison. ? ?Last Meeting? by Faisal Darraj, a leading critic in the Arab world.

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Publisher
Interlink Books
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1566560004
ISBN 13 
9781566560009
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
224
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