Selected Poems (1990-2020) - Paperback

Hajdari, G?zim: - G?zim Hajdari was born in 1957 in Lushnje, Albania. As well as working in a variety of jobs, he was intensely involved in journalism and political activism in his native country. In 1992 he fled to Italy. He initially occupied the ruins of an abandoned building in Frosinone near Rome, but was awarded an apartment by the town council after he won the prestigious Eugenio Montale Prize. He writes in both Albanian and Italian, but is perhaps more recognised in his adopted country. His books include collections of essays and travel writing, as well as several volumes of poetry, which have been translated into several languages. He has two previous volumes in English, both from Shearsman Books.Stickney, Sarah: - Sarah Stickney grew up in Santa Fe, NM, where she now lives. She has taught at St. John's College (Santa Fe, NM, & Annapolis, MD) since 2013. She taught at Deep Springs College, CA, where she helped to make the school co-educational after one hundred years of all-male education, and served as Dean for two years. Her co-translations of Elisa Biagini's selected poems, 'The Guest in the Wood', won the Best Translated Book Award for poetry in 2014, and a more complete collection of Biagini's translated work 'To the Teeth' was published in September 2021. She received a Fulbright grant for the translation of Albanian/Italian poet G?zim Hajdari's work in 2010 and has worked with him for over a decade, translating selections from all his major works. She has published translations of the poetry of Vivian Lamarque in literary journals and magazines including Transom, Two Lines, and elsewhere.