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- Selected Translations: 2000-2020
- Book
- 2021
- Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
- Series: Pitt Poetry Series
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For twenty years, Ilan Stavans has been translating poetry from Spanish, Yiddish, Hebrew, French, Portuguese, Russian, German, Georgian, and other languages. His versions of Borges, Neruda, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Ferreira Gullar, Raúl Zurita, and dozens of others have become classics. This volume, which includes poems from more than forty poets from all over the world, is testimony to a life dedicated to the pursuit of beauty through poetry in different languages.
Table of Contents
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- Preface: Translation and Hallucination
- pp. xv-xvi
- Selected Translations, 2000-2020
- Fiera de amor
- pp. 1-3
- Popocatépetl
- pp. 9-10
- Borges and I
- p. 17
- To Julia de Burgos
- pp. 18-19
- Death Fugue
- pp. 21-22
- Ode to Walt Whitman
- pp. 28-32
- Dibaxu: XII
- p. 36
- Snail, Brother
- p. 39
- White Moon
- p. 40
- Translating Oneself
- p. 41
- Two Plus Two Is Four
- p. 42
- Song to Avoid Death
- p. 43
- Globe-Trotter
- pp. 49-50
- Misguided Men
- pp. 51-53
- Stay, Shadow
- p. 54
- Love Poem 8
- p. 55
- We Should Dig Out Potatoes
- pp. 57-63
- Body of Love
- p. 64
- The Mirror
- pp. 65-66
- Love Is...
- p. 67
- History of My Death
- p. 69
- Embraceable
- p. 70
- Two Homelands
- p. 71
- God of Mercy
- pp. 72-73
- Earthliness
- p. 74
- Your Laughter
- pp. 79-80
- Ode to Age
- pp. 83-84
- Ode to the Andean Cordillera
- pp. 85-88
- Ode to Ángel Cruchaga
- pp. 89-91
- Ode to the Apple
- pp. 92-93
- Ode to the Dictionary
- pp. 94-97
- Ode to the Flowers of Datitla
- pp. 98-100
- Ode to Gratitude
- pp. 101-102
- Ode to Guatemala
- pp. 103-109
- Ode to the Inconsequential Day
- pp. 110-112
- Ode to Jean Arthur Rimbaud
- pp. 113-117
- Ode to the Month of August
- pp. 118-120
- Ode to the Moon
- pp. 121-125
- Ode to the Murmur
- pp. 126-129
- Ode to the Names of Venezuela
- pp. 130-132
- Ode to Night
- pp. 133-135
- Ode to Simplicity
- pp. 136-139
- Ode to Things
- pp. 140-143
- Ode to the Watermelon
- pp. 144-146
- Genesis, COVID-19
- pp. 147-148
- Leaving Egypt
- p. 151
- From the Ancient Laborer I
- pp. 153-154
- Squares and Angles
- p. 156
- Very Little Man
- p. 157
- Under Your White Stars
- p. 160
- Stone of Speech
- p. 162
- Outrageous Proof
- p. 163
- Curriculum Vitae
- p. 165
- Heaven Reject
- p. 166
- Appendix: Otra Vez and Más o Menos
- Poema 1017
- p. 174
- Poema 1354
- p. 174
- Muro que separa
- pp. 175-176
- Ser, or not to ser
- p. 180
- Acknowledgements
- pp. 181-182
- Index of Languages
- pp. 183-186
- Index of First Lines and Titles
- pp. 187-192
Additional Information
ISBN
9780822988335
Related ISBN(s)
9780822966609
MARC Record
OCLC
1243305122
Pages
208
Launched on MUSE
2021-03-27
Language
English
Open Access
No
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