Winner of the 2016 Cliff Becker Book Prize in Translation"In Returnings, we are treated to an essay on the imaginative possibilities of a great poet, long exiled from his native land, turning memory into verse, recovering from the past everything that counts: love and friendship and the landscapes that shaped him. Through alleyways and storied ruins, colors and autumn and war, Alberti discovers poetry at every turn."?Christopher Merrill, prize judge"The musical language that drives these urgent poems is echoed exquisitely in Carolyn Tipton's translations."?Stephen KesslerRafael Alberti was one of the greatest poets of twentieth-century Spain.Poet and translator Carolyn L. Tipton teaches at the University of California, Berkeley.
| ISBN: | 9781935210917 |
| Publication date: | 15th December 2016 |
| Author: | Rafael Alberti |
| Publisher: | White Pine Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 160 pages |
| Series: | The Cliff Becker Book Prize in Translation |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets |
Winner of the 2016 Cliff Becker Book Prize in Translation"In Returnings, we are treated to an essay on the imaginative possibilities of a great poet, long exiled from his native land, turning memory into verse, recovering from the past everything that counts: love and friendship and the landscapes that shaped him. Through alleyways and storied ruins, colors and autumn and war, Alberti discovers poetry at every turn."?Christopher Merrill, prize judge"The musical language that drives these urgent poems is echoed exquisitely in Carolyn Tipton's translations."?Stephen KesslerRafael Alberti was one of the greatest poets of twentieth-century Spain.Poet and translator Carolyn L. Tipton teaches at the University of California, Berkeley.
Returnings features in the following genres: Poetry by individual poets
Returnings is available in Paperback
Returnings was written by Rafael Alberti and published by White Pine Press
Returnings has 160 pages
Yes it is part of The Cliff Becker Book Prize in Translation series
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