Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Seed In SnowISBN13:9781942683223ISBN10:1942683227Author:Skujenieks, Knuts (Author), Vinklers, Bitite (Translator)Description:This First Us Publication Of Knuts Skujenieks--One Of Latvia's Foremost Contemporary Poets--Is The Author's Most Important And Widely-Translated Body Of Work Convicted In 1962 Of Anti-Soviet Sentiment, Skujenieks Wrote These Poems During Seven Years Of Imprisonment At A Labor Camp In Mordovia Vivid And Expressive, This Collection Overcomes The Physical Experience Of Confinement In Order To Assert A Limitless Creative Freedom A Love Poemi Would Like Clarity To Excludea Relationship's Tangled Yarn Not A Word Let Reaction Suffice So Only So And If The Two Of Usare Pitched Alone Against The World, That We Can Instantly Swing Aboutfrom Face-To-Faceand Stand Back To Back Would That Be Too Much?But A Poem Cannot Be Writtenif One Awaits The Bulletfrom The Back, And Not From The Front Knuts Skujenieks Was Born In 1936 In Latvia, Where He Studied Philology And History At The University Of Latvia In 1962, He Was Convicted Of Anti-Soviet Activity And Served A Seven-Year Prison Sentence In The Mordovia Gulag While There, He Sent Out Many Poems In Letters To His Wife, Which Were First Published In 2002 As Sekla Sniega (Seed In Snow) A Polyglot, Skujenieks Has Translated Into Latvian Such Poets As Lorca, Ritsos, Neruda, Vallejo, Galczinsky, And Transtromer He Has Received The Highest Literary And State Honors In Latvia, As Well As Awards Across Europe, Including Sweden's Tomas Transtromer Prize, And His Poetry Has Been Translated Into More Than Thirty Languages He Currently Lives In Salaspils, Latvia Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:BOA EDPublication Date:2016-11-15Weight:0.5 lbsDimensions:0.3'' H x 8.9'' L x 5.9'' WNumber of Pages:144Language:English
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Book Title: Seed in Snow
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.4in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Knuts Skujenieks
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: European / General, General
Publisher: Boa Editions, The Limited
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Poetry
Item Weight: 7.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 144 Pages
