The Collected Poems 1956 - 1998 by Zbigniew Herbert

The Collected Poems 1956 - 1998 by Zbigniew Herbert

Zbigniew Herbert is one of the outstanding poets of the last century. This exceptional new translation brings together, for the first time in English in one volume, his entire poetic output - from his first book of poems, String of Light, in 1956, to his final volume, previously unpublished in English, Epilogue of the Storm. As Joseph Brodsky said of Herbert's Selected Poems, this definitive collection is 'bound for a much longer haul than any of us can anticipate'.

"'Herbert is a poet with all the strength of an Antaeus.. He shoulders the whole sky and the scope of human dignity and responsibility.' Seamus Heaney 'As a poet, [Hebert] refused the easy consolation of big ideas, preferring to focus on the choices individuals made. Writing, he said, "must teach men soberness: to be awake". Herbert certainly stuck to his part of the deal.' Guardian 'Herbert's poetry has what T. S. Eliot called "the unpleasantness of great poetry". Or the cussedness. Existentially, temperamentally, poetically, he is a contrarian... The poetry, its attitudes, are designed to disconcert us. When he strikes an anti-attitude, its tonic purpose is to pain us and himself.' Craig Raine, Daily Telegraph 'Zbigniew Herbert's Collected Works 1956-1998 - witty, ironic, classical - will survive the test of time and do much to establish him as one of the 20th-century greats.' James Hopkin, Books of the Year 2008, Independent"

Zbigniew Herbert (1924-1998) was a spiritual leader of the anticommunist movement in Poland. His work has been translated into almost every European language, and he won numerous prizes including the Jerusalem Prize and the T. S. Eliot Prize. His books include Selected Poems, Report from the Besieged City and Other Poems, Mr Cognito, Still Life with a Bridle, and King of the Ants.

This volume is edited and translated from the Polish by Alissa Valles, with additional translations by Czeslaw Milosz and Peter Dale Scott, and an introduction by Adam Zagajewski.

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ISBN 10	1843548836
Title	The Collected Poems 1956 - 1998
Author	Zbigniew Herbert
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Atlantic Books
Year published	2009-08-01
Number of pages	608
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