Selected Poems
Published on 12. November 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-1-62897-110-1 (ISBN)
Description
A postmodern poet who successfully employed classic structures to exploit the range of possibilities inherent in the Slovenian language, this selection from the life's work of Milan Jesih highlights his revolutionary approach to verse. Beginning with humor and autobiography and gradually withdrawing into a universe of of fragments, quotations, dreams, and doubt, this collection offers English readers a first glimpse into the work of one of Slovenia's literary treasures.
Reviews / Votes
"There's no harm in that, if they want me to be a postmodernist I'll settle for it, what the hell, the poem won't be any better or worse for it." --Milan JesihMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Normal, IL
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
136 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62897-110-1 (9781628971101)
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Person
Milan Jesih was born in Ljubljana in 1950. In addition to his poetry, he has written plays and produced numerous translations into Slovenian from English and Russian. Nada Groselj has contributed English translations to the bilingual editions of three Slovene poets-France Preseren and Tone Pavcek (with co-translators), and Joze Snoj - and to numerous anthologies. She translates from English, Latin and Swedish into Slovene, and from Slovene into English.