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From the Hidden Storehouse: Selected Poems. Tr by Keith Hollaman# (Field Translation Series) - Hardcover
Synopsis
Luis Bunuel called Peret "the quintessential surrealist poet." Benjamin Peret is a poet like no other. One of the original group of Surrealists, he seceded from Dada in 1924 and remained faithful to Surrealist principles until his death in 1959. His irreverence and incandescent imagination remain fresh and funny, and they are perfectly captured in this inspired, idomatic translation.
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About the Author
BENJAMINE PERET is a poet like no other. One of the original group of Surrealists, he seceded from Dada in 1924 (with his friends Breton, Aragon, and Soupault), and remained faithful to Surrealist principles until his death in 1959. His irreverence and incandescent imagination remain fresh and funny, and they are perfectly captured in this inspired, idiomatic translation. From the Hidden Storehouse represents the enormous range of Peret's career in generous selections from his five best books, published between 1928 and 1947. This first book-length American translation of Peret includes an introduction by the distinguished poet and translator Charles Simic
KEITH HOLLAMAN tends an editorial garden at Newmarket Press in the Big Apple and enjoys the seasonal changes from his bungalow in Rye, New York, with his wife Machiko."About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherField Translations Series
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 093244010X
- ISBN 13 9780932440105
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
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