When We Leave Each Other: Selected Poems - Softcover

Henrik Nordbrandt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1934824429 ISBN 13: 9781934824429

Publisher: OPEN LETTER, 2013

Synopsis

A collection of intimate poems from throughout Nordbrandt's career. These poems reflect on the joys and strangeness of travel, the tragicomic absurdity of our attempts to make sense of the world, and above all, the sweetness and ache of human love. Known as one of Denmark's best contemporary poets, despite spending most of his life on the Mediterranean coast, this collection encompasses old and new poems with some never before translated into English poems.

About this title

Review:

"Denmark's most respected and honored contemporary poet, has found in Patrick Phillips his ideal translator. . . . A translation that so naturalizes the original that it seems as if these poems have always been a part of our linguistic inheritance."--Tom Sleigh

About the Author:

Henrik Nordbrandt, one of Denmark's foremost poets, has published over 30 books, including poetry, essays, translations, a novel, and a cookbook. In 2000, he was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize. Living alternately in Turkey, Italy, and Greece, his writing has gained a unique perspective.

Patrick Phillips is a poet, professor, and translator. He was a Guggenheim Fellow and has received the Sjoberg Prize and the Translation Prize of the American-Scandinavian Foundation. He teaches writing at Drew University.

About this edition

• Publisher: OPEN LETTER
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1934824429
• ISBN 13: 9781934824429
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 165