Selected Translations

By W.S. Merwin

Book Overview

Selected Translations is a life's work from one of America's greatest poets and translators. Since his undergraduate years at Princeton University, W.S. Merwin has always placed translation as a necessary element of his own poetry. Working from a belief that there is "no separation between the human imagination and the rest of life," Merwin has nurtured a quintessential body of poetry that consistently goes beyond the individual self in search of a shared voice that speaks for and from all living things. His achievement as a translator is singular, ranging across two dozen languages and over two millennia, and reinforces his standing as one of the most significant writers of our time.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556594372
• ISBN13: 9781556594373
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.6"