Outside the Calendar - Softcover

Espmark, Kjell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1934851388 ISBN 13: 9781934851388

Publisher: Marick Press, 2012

Synopsis

Robin Fulton generously delivers precise translations of the renowned Swedish poet Kjell Espmark. Espmark may speak eloquently of a man without voice, without the sufficient language to act, as he writes in his poem "Silence": It's getting dark. The spruce trees blacken like the pages of my calendar. But turn the pages and let the blackness light your way. Yes, I usually speak in a borrowed voice, the voice of the woman who reads in me translating my Swedish into Swedish. Like pressing oneself through a keyhole and almost getting shoulders and hips through it. But this poet's words ring in our ears in a language beyond words, beyond continents or social strata; his voice is that of a man who has something to say that we all must hear.

About this title

About the Author:

Kjell Espmark (b. 1930) is a poet, novelist, and literary historian. He is also former professor in Comparative Literature at the University of Stockholm. Since 1981 he is a member of the Swedish Academy, and since 1988 a member also of its Nobel Committee (chairman 1988-2004). He has been awarded a considerable number of prizes, including the Bellman Prize (for poetry) and the Schuck Prize (for literary criticism). His latest awards are the Kellgren Prize, the Great Prize of De Nio, and the Transtromer Prize. Espmark is an officer of L'Ordre de Merite. He has published thirteen volumes of poetry, and his poems continue to be translated into a number of languages.

About this edition

• Publisher: Marick Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1934851388
• ISBN 13: 9781934851388
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140