East Window: Poems from Asia

W.S. Merwin

ISBN 10: 1556590911 / ISBN 13: 9781556590917

Published by Copper Canyon Press, 1998

About this Item

1998. Second printing. VG++ book with only moderate signs f age & wear. Pages remain bright clean, & unmarked. Binding is square & tight. Some light wear to edges & corners, including some ight duting and a black ink mrk that scrawls along back bottom ending on bottom edges. Former owner - poet Robin Blaser - has neatly csribbled their name on bottom of half-title page.

Seller Inventory # 000756

Bibliographic Details

• Title: East Window: Poems from Asia
• Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556590911
• ISBN 13: 9781556590917
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 2nd Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

About this title

Synopsis

Gathered in this volume are translations and versions of poems and aphorisms from Asian languages as varied as Urdu, Chinese, Sanskrit, Japanese, Persian, and Vietnamese. Included are poems by some of the world's greatest writers, deeply influential poets such as Rumi, Tu Fu, Li Po, and Muso Soseki, beautifully brought forward by one of the century's most celebrated poets.

About the Author

W.S. Merwin is one of America's leading poets. His prizes include the 2005 National Book Award for his collected poems, Migration, the Pulitzer Prize, the Stevens Award, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and Lannan Foundation. He is the author of dozens of books of poetry and translations. He lives in Hawaii, where he cultivates endangered palm trees.