Poems of Nazim Hikmet

By Nâzım Hikmet

Book Overview

A centennial volume, with previously unavailable poems, by Turkey's greatest poet. Published in celebration of the poet's one hundredth birthday, this exciting edition of the poems of the Nazim Hikmet (1902-1963) collects work from his four previous selected volumes and adds more than twenty poems never before available in English. The Blasing/Konuk translations, acclaimed for the past quarter-century for their accuracy and grace, convey Hikmet's compassionate, accessible voice with the subtle music, innovative form, and emotional directness of the originals.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892552743
• ISBN13: 9780892552740
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Persea Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.2"