Still Life With Loops - Couverture rigide

Tolaretxipi, Eli

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ISBN 10 : 1904614957 ISBN 13 : 9781904614951

Editeur : Arc Publications, 2008

Synopsis

Born in San Sebastian, and still living and working there, the Basque poet Eli Tolaretxipi has published two collections of poetry in Spanish – Past Love Still Life and The Loops of the Figure. Although translated into French and Italian, she has had to wait until the publication of this volume for her poetry to appear in English, in a fine translation by Philip Jenkins.

Tolaretxipi's poetry has a rich sense of unease, the sense of unease we feel about love and perception. Her first collection draws on the language of the visual arts to portray the end of a failing relationship, while her second reflects on the nature of perception and poetry. Still Life with Loops, as its title suggests, is made up of work from both these collections. Her poetry is similar in texture to that of some of the English-language women poets she has translated into Spanish, Elizabeth Bishop and Sylvia Plath among them.

Translated by Philip Jenkins

"... short as they are, each one has an intensity that needs to be savoured... The poems are written in free verse, subtly rhythmic in Spanish and English. Powerful stuff. Nothing as simple as it looks. Congratulations to Arc - they've done us proud."
Malcolm Parr, Roundyhouse

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

ELI TOLARETXIPI was born, lives and works in San Sebastian, Spain. She has published two poetry collections in Spanish and her poetry has also been translated into French and Italian. Amor muerto naturaleza muerta (Past Love Still Life) was published in 1999 and was praised for its poetics of unease. Her second volume Los lazos del numero (The Loops of the Figure) appeared in 2003. Structurally dazzling, its poems deal with perception, dream and the nature of poetry. She is the Spanish translator of Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath, Menna Elfyn and Tess Gallagher.PHILIP JENKINS translates contemporary Spanish poetry and lives in Spain. He and R. D. V. Glasgow have translated The Black Sheep and Other Fables (Acorn Book Company, 2005) by the Guatemalan writer Augusto Monterroso.ROBERT CRAWFORD has published six collections of poetry, four of which have been Poetry Book Society Recommendations; he has also won two Scottish Arts Council Book Awards. With Simon Armitage he edited The Penguin Book of Poetry from Britain and Ireland since 1945 (1998) and with Mick Imlah The New Penguin Book of Scottish Verse (2000). A founding editor of the magazine Verse, he has served as a judge for the T. S. Eliot Prize, the National Poetry Competition, and other awards. He has been Professor of Modern Scottish Literature at the University of St. Andrews since 1989.

Eli Tolaretxipi was born, lives and works in San Sebastian, Spain. She has published two poetry collections in Spanish and her poetry has also been translated into French and Italian. Amor muerto naturaleza muerta (Past Love Still Life) was published in 1999 and was praised for its poetics of unease. Her second volume Los lazos del numero (The Loops of the Figure) appeared in 2003. Structurally dazzling, its poems deal with perception, dream and the nature of poetry. She is the Spanish translator of Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath, Menna Elfyn and Tess Gallagher.Philip Jenkins translates contemporary Spanish poetry and lives in Spain. He and R. D. V. Glasgow have translated The Black Sheep and Other Fables (Acorn Book Company, 2005) by the Guatemalan writer Augusto Monterroso.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arc Publications
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1904614957
• ISBN 13: 9781904614951
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 126
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• Personne responsable: non disponible