Description
Product ID: | 9781556591891 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Voices |
Authors: | Author: Antonio Porchia |
Page Count: | 128 |
Subjects: | Poetry, Poetry, Anthologies: general, Literature: history and criticism, Anthologies (non-poetry), Literature: history & criticism, Caribbean islands, Latin America |
Description: | Lucid and immediate Zenlike aphroisms translated from Spanish by one of America''s great poets. Antonio Porchia (1886–1968) wrote one book, a slender collection of poetic aphorisms that became a classic in the Spanish-speaking world. With affinities to Taoist and Buddhist epigrams, Voices bears witness to the awe of human existence. Revised and updated with a new introduction by translator W.S. Merwin, this bilingual volume brings back into print one of Latin America’s great literary treasures. He who tells the truth says almost nothing. Antonio Porchia (1886–1968) was born in Italy. After his father died, he emigrated to Argentina with his mother and seven siblings, and as the eldest child, started working at the age of 14. He was self-taught, and his only book, Voices, caught the attention of a noted French critic who assumed him to be a scholar of Kafka and Buddhism, rather than the humble man who loved to tend his garden. Today, Porchia’s aphorisms are published in more than a dozen Spanish-language editions as well as in German, French and Italian. W.S. Merwin’s awards include the Pulitzer Prize, the Tanning Prize, the Bollingen Award, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the NEA. He is the author of dozens of books of poetry and translations. He lives in Hawaii. |
Imprint Name: | Copper Canyon Press,U.S. |
Publisher Name: | Copper Canyon Press,U.S. |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2003-05-15 |