Poems of Nazim HikmetNazim Hikmet
Randy Blasing & Mutlu Konuk (Translators)
Carloyn Forché (Foreword)
Persea Books
ISBN :9780892552740
Paperback 304 pages
Price :$17.95
This exciting new edition of the poems of Nazim Hikmet adds more than twenty poems never before available in English. The Blasing/Konuk translations, already acclaimed for the past quarter-century for their accuracy and grace, convey Hikmet's compassionate, accessible voice with the subtle music innovative form, and emotional directness of the originals.
Nazim Hikmet is considered Turkey's greatest modern poet. For his Communist views, he was imprisoned in Turkey and his work was banned. His poetry has been translated into more than fifty languages. He won the World Peace Prize in 1950.
Randy Blading is author of seven books of poetry, including Choice Words: Poems 1970-2005.
Mutlu Konuk, a native of Istanbul, is Professor of English at Brown University.
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