Adonis

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Adonis

Selected Poems

Übersetzer: Mattawa, Khaled

Beschreibung

Born in Syria in 1930, Adonis is one of the most celebrated poets of the Arabic-speaking world. His poems have earned international acclaim, and his influence on Arabic literature has been likened to that of T S Eliot's on English-language verse. This title presents a comprehensive survey of Adonis' work.

Autor

Adonis (born Ali Ahmad Said Esber) is an award-winning Syrian poet and essayist who led the modernist movement in Arabic poetry in the second half of the twentieth century. He has written more than twenty books in his native Arabic, including the pioneering work An Introduction to Arab Poetics. He lives in Paris. Khaled Mattawa is assistant professor of language and literature at the University of Michigan and the author of the poetry volumes Ismaila Eclipse and Zodiac of Echoes.

Produktdetails

• The Margellos World Republic of Letters
• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 151mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 510g
• ISBN-13: 9780300181258
• ISBN-10: 0300181256
• Artikelnr.: 34554292