Ocean of Earth: Selected Poems - Softcover

Apollinaire, Guillaume

Softcover

ISBN 10: 191296354X ISBN 13: 9781912963546

Publisher: SurVision Books, 2024

Synopsis

Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) is regarded as one of the most important French poets of the 20th century. Born in Rome to an Italian father and a Polish mother, he lived most of his life in Paris, published several acclaimed books of poetry and a surrealist play, “Les Mamelles de Tirésias”. In the summer of 1917 he coined the term Surrealism. The new translations of his poems have been made by Matthew Geden, the Irish poet whose three collections of poetry have been published by Bradshaw Books, Dedalus Press and SurVision Books.

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About the Author

Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) is regarded as one of the most important French poets of the 20th century. Born in Rome to an Italian father and a Polish mother, he lived most of his life in Paris, published several acclaimed books of poetry and a surrealist play, "Les mamelles de Tirésias". In the summer of 1917 he coined the term Surrealism. The translator, Matthew Geden, was born and brought up in the English midlands. In 1990, he moved to Kinsale in County Cork, where he now works as the Director of Kinsale Writing School. His collections of poetry include "Swimming to Albania" (Bradshaw Books, 2009) and "A Place Inside" (Dedalus Press, 2012), as well as "Fruit" published by SurVision Books in 2020. In November 2019, he was Writer in Residence at Nanjing Literature Centre, China.

Edition details

• Publisher: SurVision Books
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 191296354X
• ISBN 13: 9781912963546
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 42