Beyond the Walls: Selected Poems - Couverture souple

Hikmet, Nazim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0856463299 ISBN 13 : 9780856463297

Editeur : Anvil Press Poetry, 2002

Synopsis

Book by Nzim Hikmet

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Nazım Hikmet's poetry combines passion and simplicity with sophistication,
producing work of enduring signifıcance.He was both a superb narrative and
lyric poet;his immense and continuing popularity in Turkey testifıes to his
common touch .The exentive selection ranges from his epic poem'Sheikh Bedreddin'
to the moving prison poems addressed to his wife .The book is introduced by the
leading expert on Turkish literature,Talat Sait Halman,former proseffor of Turkish
literature at Princeton and New York Universities and now at Bilkent University,Ankara.

Nazım Hikmet (1902-63),Turkey's greatest modern poet,was a political prisoner in Turkey
for more than fourteen years and spent the last thirteen years of his life in exile,mainly
in Russia,travelling widely through Europe and further afıeld.

Ruth Cristie was born and educated in scotland.She studied Turkish at the School of Oriental
and African Studies in London.She has taught English literature and has been translating novels,
short stories and poetry from the Turkish for many years..

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Anvil Press Poetry
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0856463299
• ISBN 13: 9780856463297
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 256