Rose Fear

Maria Laina

ISBN 10: 0999261312 / ISBN 13: 9780999261316

Published by World Poetry Books, 2017

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Synopsis:

Maria Laina's first stand-alone English-language collection, deftly translated by Sarah McCann, follows in the Sapphic vein: fragmented, prophetic, and emotionally charged.

The poems in Rose Fear stand out for their lyric precision, carving symbolically rich images drawn from mythology and the natural world. Rose Fear follows in the Sapphic vein: frequently fragmented, vatic, and emotionally charged. In her translations, Sarah McCann deftly captures the music and the vividness of Laina’s scenes, which take their inspiration from regions as diverse as Japan, the Caribbean, and her native Greece. Yet always behind the recognizable world lie the rhythms and lights of the fable, the fairy tale, and the spell.

About the Author: Maria Laina is an award-winning Greek poet, and the author of six books, including Rose Fear (1992) which received the National Literature Prize for Poetry and the City of Munich Literary Prize. Laina has also received recognition for her theatrical work, including the plays The Clown (1985) and Reality is Always Here (1990). She has translated the short stories of Katherine Mansfield, as well as the critical writings of Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot.<br /><br />Sarah McCann has been a Writing Fellow at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop and has taught poetry and translation around the world. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in such journals as The Bennington Review, Margie, The Broken Bridge Review, Midway Journal, and The South Dakota Review. Her translations from the Modern Greek into English have been recognized by the Fulbright Foundation with a grant, and have been published in such anthologies and journals as Austerity Measures, Words Without Borders, Poetry International, and World Literature Today.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Rose Fear
Publisher: World Poetry Books
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: PAP
Condition: New