Description
The Poems of Octavio Paz is the first retrospective collection of Pazs poetry to span his entire writing career from his first published poem, at age seventeen, to his magnificent last poem. This landmark bilingual edition contains many poems that have never been translated into English before, plus new translations based on Pazs final revisions. Assiduously edited by Eliot Weinbergerwho has been translating Paz for over forty yearsThe Poems of Octavio Paz also includes translations by the poet-luminaries Elizabeth Bishop, Paul Blackburn, Denise Levertov, Muriel Rukeyser, and Charles Tomlinson. Readers will also find Weinbergers capsule biography of Paz, as well as notes on many poems in Pazs own words, taken from various interviews he gave throughout his long and singular life.
Author: Octavio Paz
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 02/27/2018
Pages: 624
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780811227568
Language: English
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