Antipoems by Nicanor Parra
As his anti-translator Liz Werner explains in her Introduction, Parra's scientific training infuses his work. Viewed through the lens of antimatter, she writes, antipoetry mirrors poetry, not as its adversary but as its perfect complement.
A poet with all the authority of a master-- Mark Strand - The New York Times Book Review
One of the great names in the literature of our language. -- Pablo Neruda
Witty, irreverent, and penetrating insights into the absurdities and contradictions of modern life. -- Dave Oliphant - Texas Observer
Includes a great introduction to Parra and his work by the translator that effortlessly mixes personal anecdote and historical context. -- Jesse Tangen-Mills - Bookslut
One of the great names in the literature of our language. -- Pablo Neruda
Witty, irreverent, and penetrating insights into the absurdities and contradictions of modern life. -- Dave Oliphant - Texas Observer
Includes a great introduction to Parra and his work by the translator that effortlessly mixes personal anecdote and historical context. -- Jesse Tangen-Mills - Bookslut
Nicanor Parra (1914–1918)—“a poet of total command and total grandeur” (The New York Times)—is the author of over twenty collections of poetry and widely regarded as one of Latin America’s greatest poets. For forty years he taught theoretical physics at the Universidad de Chile, as well as other universities in the US. His work was championed by such luminaries as Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Allen Ginsberg, and Roberto Bolaño, who once wrote, “Nicanor Parra over everyone else.” Nominated on many occasions for the Nobel Prize for Literature, Parra received many awards and honors, including the inaugural Juan Rulfo Prize, Chile’s National Literature Prize, and Spain’s prestigious Miguel de Cervantes Prize. New Directions has also published his books Poems and Antipoems (1967), Emergency Poems (1972), Antipoems: New and Selected (1985), and Antipoems: How to Look Better & Feel Great (2004). Liz Fania Werner has lived and studied in Valparaíso, Chile. She recently completed an antiwar public poetry installation, "Blackout Poems," and is currently working on her first novel and conducting poetry-writing workshops in a juvenile detention center in her native New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780811215978 |
| ISBN 10 | 0811215970 |
| Title | Antipoems |
| Author | Nicanor Parra |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
| Year published | 2004-09-27 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
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