Bright Scythe: Selected Poems (First Edition)

Tranströmer, Tomas

ISBN 10: 1941411215 / ISBN 13: 9781941411216

Published by Sarabande Books, 2015

About this Item

First edition stated, first printing. Hardbound. FINE/issued without jacket. A tight clean copy, appears unread. Translated by Patty Crane.

Seller Inventory # Rear-POetry-Transtromer

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bright Scythe: Selected Poems (First Edition)
• Publisher: Sarabande Books
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1941411215
• ISBN 13: 9781941411216
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nobel Prize in Literature

About this title

Synopsis

Tomas Tranströmer (1931–2015), winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, is Sweden’s most acclaimed poet. Known for sharp imagery, startling metaphors and deceptively simple diction, his luminous poems offer mysterious glimpses into the deepest facets of humanity, often through the lens of the natural world. These new translations by Patty Crane, presented side by side with the original Swedish, are tautly rendered and elegantly cadenced. They are also deeply informed by Crane’s personal relationship with the poet and his wife during the years she lived in Sweden, where she was afforded greater insight into the nuances of his poetics and the man himself.

About the Author

Tomas Gösta Tranströmer: Tranströmer is a Swedish writer, poet and translator, whose poetry has been translated into over 60 languages. He's acclaimed as one of the most important European writers since World War II and was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died March 26, 2015 at the age of 83.
Patty Crane: Patty Crane’s translations of Tomas Tranströmer’s poetry have appeared in American Poetry Review, Blackbird, New Ohio Review, Poetry Daily, Poetry East, and Smartish Pace. She spent three years living in the Stockholm area of Sweden, where she worked closely with Tranströmer and his wife, Monica.