The Star Wizard's Legacy
Poems of - Vasko Popa
Will be published approx. on 13. May 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
108 pages
978-1-935210-11-5 (ISBN)
Description
Building on surrealist fables and traditional folktales, personal anecdotes and the tribal myths of his Serbian homeland, Vasko Popa created one of the most original poetries of the twentieth century.
Reviews / Votes
"As Popa penetrates deeper into his life, with book after book, it begins to look like a Universe passing through a Universe. It is one of the most exciting things in modern poetry, to watch this journey being made." --Ted HughesMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Buffalo
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
204 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-935210-11-5 (9781935210115)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Vasko Popa (1922-91) was born in Vrsac in the Serbian Banat. He was elected to the Serbian Academy in 1972 and the Academie Mallarme in Paris in 1977. He lived in Belgrade where he worked as an editor for the publishers Nolit. Morton Marcus has published ten volumes of poetry and one novel.