Full of wit and wonder, these prose poems, meditations, and narratives open onto rare and unexpected vistas of history and myth, language, and the art of writing.
". . .one of the most distinguished and enigmatic of modern Greek poets, full of Platonic wisdom. His originality of temperament is a most singluar thing. . . .[his] new book is splendid." Lawrence Durrell
"The purpose of the book is twofold: first, to revise certain aspects of nationalist modernism, and secondly, to radicalize Greek modernism by undermining continuity and tradition. . . . Valaoritis's revision primarily concerns the continuity and validity of tradition as expressed in the "myth of Greekness."" —Panayiotis Bosnakis, Journal of Modern Greek Studies
Nanos Valaoritis was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1921, of Greek parents. He has lived in Athens, Paris, and the United States. One of Greece's most distinguished contemporary writers, he is the author of novels, plays, and poetry, and was twice awarded the Greek national poetry prize.

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Valaoritis, Nanos

United States

City Lights Publishers

Twentieth-Century Greek Poetry brings together translations of works by such foremost writers as Constantine P. Cavafy (the greatest of all modernist Greek poets), Surrealist and Nobel Prize winner Odysseus Elytris, Nobel Prize winner George Seferis, Yannis Ritsos, Angelos Sikelianos, and almost a hundred others. There have been other anthology of modern Greek poetry but never an anthology as comprehensive as this. With the aid of some of the best contemporary Greek poets and translators working today, Valaoritis and Maskaleris provide ample proof that Greece has given the world some of the finest poetry of the century. They provide not only generous selections from internationally celebrated poets but also from younger writers who are playing key roles in international literary world today. This is an essential book for anyone concerned with literature in our time.

Twentieth-Century Greek Poetry

Nanos, Valaoritus

Poetry

Talisman House Pub

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