My Name on the Wind (Paper): Selected Poems of Diego Valeri (Princeton Legacy Library) - Softcover

Valeri, D

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691014620 ISBN 13: 9780691014623

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1992

Synopsis

This bilingual edition is a selection of fiftyone poems representing all phases of Valeri's extraordinarily long career, from 1910 to 1976. Also included is an essay by Valeri, in which he records the sensations--and reflections on his work--that were occasioned by his reading the proof for the collected edition of his poems.

Originally published in 1989.

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About the Author

Michael Palma is the recipient of the Italo Calvino Award for his translation of My Name on the Wind: Selected Poems of Diego Valeri and of the Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Award from the American Academy of American Poets for his translation of The Man I Pretend to Be: The Colloquies and Selected Poems of Guido Gozzano. A poet in his own right, Palma has published three collections of verse, and his poetry has been anthologized in, among other publications, Penguin s Unsettling America: An Anthology of Contemporary Multicultural Poetry.

Synopsis

A bilingual edition of 51 poems by Italian poet Valeri (1887-1976). They represent all phases of his long career. Also included is an essay by Valeri in which he records his reflections occasioned by reading the proof for the collected edition of his poems. Cloth edition, $27.95. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0691014620
• ISBN 13: 9780691014623
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 158