Forbidden Words: Selected Poetry of Eug駭io de Andrade (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780811215237)

Eugenio de Andrade is the author of twenty-nine volumes of poetry as well as numerous children's books, collections of prose writings, and translations into Portuguese of Sappho, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Yannis Ritsos. Forbidden Words: Selected Poetry of Eugenio de Andrade, is based on the poet's own retrospective Antologia Breve ("Brief Anthology") of 1998, expanded and edited for English-speaking readers by his longtime translator, Alexis Levitin.

Marguerite Yourcenar spoke of "the well-tempered clavier" of Andrade's poems, Gregory Rabassa of his "succinct lyricism...summing things up in a moment, much like haiku." His verse, deeply rooted in the rural landscapes of his childhood and in the ancient Greek lyric, have the clarity of light on sand, radiating pagan intimations of immortality.

Author: Eugenio De Andrade
ISBN-10: 0811215237
ISBN-13: 9780811215237
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Language: English
Published: 03/17/2003
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.12h x 5.22w x 0.78d