Gilgamesh by David Ferry
The classic verse rendering of the great epic of ancient Mesopotamia.
David Ferry (1924-2023) was a poet and translator. His translation of Gilgamesh was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry, and he was honored with the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, given by the Academy of American Poets; the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, given by the Library of Congress; and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He translated, among other works, the Epistles of Horace, and both Virgil's Georgics and Eclogues. Ferry was the Sophie Chantal Hart Professor of English Emeritus at Wellesley College.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781250437594 |
| ISBN 10 | 1250437598 |
| Title | Gilgamesh |
| Author | David Ferry |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Castle Point Books |
| Year published | 2026-05-05 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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