Growing Back
Poems, 1972-92
Published on 31. October 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
90 pages
978-1-57003-233-2 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of Lesser's poetry is a bridge spanning the poets and languages, family and friends she has made her life and her work. The three sections of the volume explore her long relation to Sweden - her adoptive country, her return home, and her preoccupation with translation.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
South Carolina
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 139 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
163 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57003-233-2 (9781570032332)
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Person
Rika Lesser is widely known for her prize-winning translations of poetry: Guide to the Underworld by Gunnar Ekelöf, Rilke: Between Roots, and A Child Is Not a Knife: Selected Poems of Göran Sonnevi. What Became Words is her selection of poems by Claes Andersson, Finland's minister of culture. A native of Brooklyn and an alumna of Yale and Columbia Universities, she lives within walking distance of the Brooklyn Bridge.