Against the Forgetting: Selected Poems - Softcover

Faverey, Hans

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0856462330 ISBN 13: 9780856462337

Publisher: Anvil Press Poetry, 1994

Synopsis

Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation

`Against the Forgetting' introduces an important poet with the first extensive selection in English from the work of Hans Faverey (1933-1990). Francis R Jones's translations capture both the musicality and the sinuous density of Faverey's original Dutch. Quiet, rich and thoughtful, Faverey's poetry developed from the fragmented, mysterious images of his early work to the more explicit and representational style with which he gained wider recognition.

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Review

"Hans Faverey made his reputation only gradually.... He is a poet of losses and silences, of meditations on change and how change either undermines or strengthens our sense of reality."

About the Author

Hans Faverey (1933-1990) was born in Paramaribo, Surinam and moved to Amsterdam when he was a child. He worked as a clinical psychologist at the University of Leiden and received many literary awards, including the Constantijn Huygens Prize for his work as a whole.

Edition details

• Publisher: Anvil Press Poetry
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0856462330
• ISBN 13: 9780856462337
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96