Ideograms in China (New Directions Paperbook) - Softcover

Michaux, Henri; Sobin, Gustaf

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811214907 ISBN 13: 9780811214902

Publisher: New Directions, 2002

Synopsis

Previously available only as a limited editon, Henri Michaux's Ideograms in China is now available as a New Directions paperback. Peerlessly translated by the American poet Gustaf Sobin, this long, beautifully illustrated and annotated prose poem was originally written as an introduction to Leon Chang's La calligraphie chinoise (1971), a work that now stands as an important complement to Pound and Ernest Fenollosa's classic study, The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry.

About this title

Product Description:

Poet and artist Michaux (1899-1984) wrote IdTogrammes en Chine as an introduction to Leon Chang's La Calligraphic Chinoise (1971). It was published independently by Fata Morgana, France, in 1975; New Directions first published this translation by Gustof Sobin in a limited edition in 1984. It is an e

About the Author:

Henri Michaux (1899-1984), born in Belgium, studied mysticism as a young man and traveled throughout South America and Asia before settling in Paris. He wrote more than twenty volumes of poetry and prose and showed paintings he created under the influence of mescaline. In 1965 he was awarded the French National Prize for Letters but refused the award, saying that it threatened his independence.

About this edition

• Publisher: New Directions
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0811214907
• ISBN 13: 9780811214902
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64