Poems of Sidney West

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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This translation offers for the first time the splendid poems of Sidney West to English readers, supposedly their original addressees. West is among the best imaginary poets of America, allegedly his native land, and of all possible lands. His texts, although rich with exceptional life experience, will satisfy those who still believe in “the death of the author.” No less satisfied, in spite of his anti-romanticism, will be those captivated by “committed writing.” And in another paradox that West himself would have loved, if he had existed, what’s offered here constitutes a translation of a translation. An English version based on the prior version into Spanish completed in 1969 by Argentine writer Juan Gelman, one of the greatest living Latin American poets. He should be considered the genuine author of the author of these poems, and the poems themselves. Gelman’s superb text poses a radical question: must human beings in modern society die in order to recuperate their human condition? Something happens after the passing of the book’s thirty-five characters, their absence causes unforeseen consequences, generates certain kinds of presence. This profound questioning of Western assumptions surrounding death requires an innovative form that challenges the traditional boundaries between poetry and narrative, privileges the magical as a vital aspect of reality, and ultimately seeks a redefinition of the lyric persona. In The Poems of Sidney West, writing, without lessening its essential condition of creative practice, is conceived as an instrument not only to interpret but to transform the world.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-04-28
Mått140 x 216 x 9 mm
Vikt218 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieEarthworks
Antal sidor152
FörlagSalt Publishing
ISBN9781844714643
ÖversättareKatherine M. Hedeen, Víctor Rodríguez-Núñez, Victor Rodriguez-Nunez

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Juan Gelman (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1930) is one of the most read and influential poets in the Spanish language. He was published more than twenty books of poetry since 1956 and was been translated into fourteen languages. A political activist and critical journalist since his youth, Gelman was not only been a literary paradigm but also a moral one, within and outside of Argentina. Among his most recent awards were the National Poetry Prize (Argentina, 1997), the Juan Rulfo Prize in Latin American and Caribbean Literature (Mexico, 2000), the Pablo Neruda Prize (Chile, 2005), the Queen Sofia Prize in Ibero-American Poetry (Spain, 2005), and the Cervantes Prize (the most important award given to a Hispanic writer, Spain, 2007). He died in Mexico City in 2014.

AcknowledgementsJuan Gelman: Translation as Fidelitylamento por la muerte de parsifal hooliglament for the death of parsifal hooliglamento por el arbolito de philiplament for philip’s tiny treelamento por gallagher benthamlament for gallagher benthamlamento por la tórtola de butch butchanamlament for butch butchanam’s turtle-dovelamento por el pájaro de chester carmichaellament for chester carmichael’s birdlamento por el sapo de stanley hooklament for stanley hook’s toadlamento por los ojos de vernon vrieslament for vernon vries’ eyeslamento por el ciruelo de cab cunninghamlament for cab cunningham’s plum treelamento por los que envidiaron a david cassidylament for those who envied david cassidylamento por el día español de raf maloneylament for raf maloney’s spanish daylamento por el uteró de mecha vaughamlament for mecha vaugham’s uteruslamento por la nuca de tom stewardlament for tom steward’s napelamento por los alelíes de ost maloneylament for ost maloney’s wallﬂowerslamento por las aguas de bigart samplelament for bigart sample’s waterslamento por los pies de andrew sinclairlament for andrew sinclair’s feetlamento por las flores de david burnhamlament for david burnham’s flowerslamento por el vuelo de bob chamberslament for bob chamber’s flightlamento por los pies de carmichael o’shaughnessylament for carmichael o’shaughnessy’s feetlamento por la tripa de helen carmodylament for helen carmody’s gutlamento por el pelo de bright morganlament for bright morgan’s hairlamento por la camisa de sam dalelament for sam dale’s shirtlamento por la historia de cab callowaylament for cab calloway’s storylamento por la niña blanca de johnny petsumlament for johnny petsum’s white girllamento por el llanto de sim simmonslament for sim simmon’s weepinglamento por las yerbas de jack hammersteinlament for jack hammerstein’s grasseslamento por la gente de raf salingerlament for raf salinger’s peoplelamento por la mano de arthur donovanlament for arthur donovan’s handlamento por la llama de roy joseph gallylament for roy joseph gally’s flamelamento por el furor de roy henniganlament for roy hennigan’s ragelamento por los idiotas de warren s. w. cormoranlament for warren s. w. cormoran’s idiotslamento por las manos de astor fredericklament for astor frederick’s handslamento por el sicomoro de tommy derklament for tommy derk’s sycamorelamento por george benthamlament for george benthamlamento por la cucharita de sammy mccoylament for sammy mccoy’s tiny spoonFe de erratasErrata