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Darwīsh, Maḥmūd.
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Arabic poetry -- Translations into English.
Prose poems.
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Darwīsh, Maḥmūd.
Arabic poetry -- Translations into English.
Prose poems.
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In the presence of absence / Mahmoud Darwish ; translated from the Arabic by Sinan Antoon.
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Darwīsh, Maḥmūd.
Archipelago Books ; Distributed by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, c2011.
Call #:
892
.71
D228i
Subjects
Arabic poetry -- Translations into English.
Prose poems.
ISBN:
9781935744016 (pbk.)
Edition:
1st Archipelago Books ed.
Description:
171 p. ; 18 cm.
Summary:
"One of the most transcendent poets of his generation, Darwish composed this remarkable elegy at the apex of his creativity, but with the full knowledge that his death was imminent. Thinking it might be his final work, he summoned all his poetic genius to create a luminous work that defies categorization. In stunning language, Darwish's self-elegy inhabits a rare space where opposites bleed and blend into each other. Prose and poetry, life and death, home and exile are all sung by the poet and his other. On the threshold of immortality, the poet looks back at his own existence intertwined with that of his people. Through these lyrical meditations on love, longing, Palestine, history, friendship, family, and the ongoing conversation between life and death, the poet bids himself and his readers a poignant farewell."--Inside cover.
Mahmoud Darwish (1941–2008) was born in the village of al-Birwa, in the Galilee, Palestine. He became a refugee at age seven. He worked as a journalist and editor in Haifa and left to study in Moscow in 1970. His exilic journey took him to Cairo, Beirut, Tunis, Paris, Amman, and Ramallah, where he settled in 1995. He is one of the most celebrated and revered poets in the Arab world. He published more than thirty books, and his poetry has been translated into thirty-five languages. Darwish was named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by France in 1993, was awarded the Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize in 2001, the Prince Claus Awardin 2004, and the Cairo Prize for Arabic Poetry in 2007. Sinan Antoon is an Iraqi poet, novelist, and translator. His co-translation of Darwish’s poetry was nominated for the PEN Translation Prize in 2004. He is the author of The Baghdad Blues, I’jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody, and The Pomegranate Alone. He is Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature at New York University.
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Antoon, Sinan, 1967-
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