Biography and Other Poems
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Biography and Other Poems by Danilo Kis
Known as a master of short fiction from the late twentieth-century, Yugoslav author Danilo Kis was a devoted poet from his early years until his death in 1989. This book brings together selected poems by Kis in English translation for the first time.
DANILO KIS (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило Киш) (1935-1989) was a Yugoslavian novelist, short story writer and poet who wrote in Serbo-Croatian. Kis was influenced by Bruno Schulz, Vladimir Nabokov, Jorge Luis Borges and Ivo Andric, among other authors. His most famous works include A Tomb for Boris Davidovich and The Encyclopedia of the Dead. MICHAEL HENRY HEIM (1943-2012) was a Professor of Slavic Languages, at the University California at Los Angeles (UCLA). He received his doctorate at Harvard in 1971. He is an active and prolific translator, and is fluent in Czech, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780998740041 |
| ISBN 10 | 0998740047 |
| Title | Biography and Other Poems |
| Author | Danilo Kis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Autumn Hill Books |
| Year published | 2019-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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