Love in Another Language by Dick Davis
An abundant, moving collection by the leading formal poet and Persian translator of our time.
'Our finest translator of Persian poetry' - the TLS; 'It is marvelous to find a poet whose poetry lives through its metreHis handling of it is masterful, and you are never aware of the effort. And the language is exact but relentless, like the perceptions . . . Davis is one of the best poets around.' - Thom Gunn; 'The leading translator of Persian literature in our time.' - The Washington Post
Dick Davis was born in Portsmouth in 1945 and educated at Cambridge (ba and ma in English Literature) and Manchester (PhD. in Medieval Persian Literature). He retired from Ohio State University, where he had been Professor of Persian and Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, in 2012. As author, translator, or editor, he has published academic works on American and Persian literature, translations from Italian (prose) and Persian (prose and verse), and books of his own poetry.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784105075 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784105074 |
| Title | Love in Another Language |
| Author | Dick Davis |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Carcanet Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2017-11-30 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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