The Sky That Denied Me: Selected Poems

by Jawdat Fakhreddine

Born in 1953 in the small village of Sultaniyeh in south Lebanon, Jawdat Fakhreddine is considered one of the most prominent members of the second generation of modernist Arab poets. Influenced by a childhood bond with nature, the southern landscape of his village, and early readings of classical Arabic poetry, Fakhreddine's poems bring into conversation modern preoccupations and the Arab poetic tradition. These twenty poems, translated by Fakhreddine's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477319514
• ISBN13: 9781477319512
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies Ut-Austin
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.4"