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A major anthology spanning the diversity of the latest poetry to come out of Europe
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New European Poets
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- “Sure to be a boon to all kinds of poetry lovers and an important reference for decades to come.”—Publishers Weekly
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New European Poets presents the works of poets from across Europe. In compiling this landmark anthology, editors Wayne Miller and Kevin Prufer enlisted twenty-four regional editors to select 270 poets, whose writing was first published after 1970. These poets represent every country in Europe, and many of them are published here for the first time in English or in the United States. The resulting anthology collects some of the very best work of a new generation of poets who have come of age since Paul Celan, Anna Akhmatova, Federico Garcia Lorca, Eugenio Montale, and Czeslaw Milosz.
The poetry in New European Poets is fiercely intelligent, often irreverent, and engaged with history and politics. The range of aesthetics and styles is exhilarating—from the lyric intimacy of Portuguese poet Rosa Alice Branco to the profane prose poems of Romanian poet Radu Andriescu, from the surrealist bravado of Czech poet Sylva Fischerova to the survivor's cry of Russian poet Irina Ratushinskaya. Poetry translated from more than thirty languages is represented, including French, German, Spanish, and Italian, and the more regional languages such as Basque, Irish Gaelic, and Sami.
New European Poets, in its scope and ambition, is destined to be a seminal anthology, an important vehicle for American readers to discover the extraordinary poetry being written across the Atlantic.
The poetry in New European Poets is fiercely intelligent, often irreverent, and engaged with history and politics. The range of aesthetics and styles is exhilarating—from the lyric intimacy of Portuguese poet Rosa Alice Branco to the profane prose poems of Romanian poet Radu Andriescu, from the surrealist bravado of Czech poet Sylva Fischerova to the survivor's cry of Russian poet Irina Ratushinskaya. Poetry translated from more than thirty languages is represented, including French, German, Spanish, and Italian, and the more regional languages such as Basque, Irish Gaelic, and Sami.
New European Poets, in its scope and ambition, is destined to be a seminal anthology, an important vehicle for American readers to discover the extraordinary poetry being written across the Atlantic.
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Praise
- “Among recent international anthologies, the most consistent reading experience can be found in New European Poets, a remarkable collection from Wayne Miller and Kevin Prufer.”—Boston Review
- “This guidebook fills a need for American poets and readers of poetry.”—The Kansas City Star
- “New European Poets expands the poetic horizons and offers an updated map to continue the exchange between American and Europe. Instead of the same old canon of work, the book offers something contemporary readers may be unfamiliar with: a heightened sense of discovery.”—The Feminist Review
- “New European Poets will break new ground for translation and for shifting attention back to the grand European tradition—a timeless dimension of poetry whose vibrancy is vital in keeping global writing connected.”—Rain Taxi Review of Books
