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The Silk Dragon II: Translations of Chinese Poetry

The Silk Dragon II: Translations of Chinese Poetry - Paperback

by Arthur Sze
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Availability:In StockContributor:Arthur SzePublish date:2024-04-16Pages:104
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Copper Canyon PressISBN-13:9781556597077ISBN-10:155659707XUPC:9781556597077Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Asian, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Chinese, Animals & Nature, Death, Grief, LossSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCJNCE9915
National Book Award-winner Arthur Sze presents a one-of-a-kind anthology that vividly traces Chinese poetry from its centuries-old lyrical traditions up to the present day.In The Silk Dragon II, National Book Award-winning poet Arthur Sze presents a sophisticated vision of the vitality, diversity, and power of the Chinese poetic tradition. Traveling over one and a half millennia, Sze guides readers through a luminous history of verse, from the contemplative insights of fifth century poet Tao Qian, through Tang dynasty poets such as Wang Wei and Du Fu, and into subsequent centuries in which lived such innovative artists as Li Qingzhao and Bada Shanren, among many others.

Extending the work from the original 2001 volume, The Silk Dragon II then traces classical Chinese poetry's eruption into the free verse of the modern and contemporary eras, introducing groundbreaking poems by the Chinese Modernist master Wen Yiduo, as well as those from major living poets such as Wang Jiaxin, Zhai Yongming, and Xi Chuan. Through this remarkable journey--deepened by Sze's personal introduction--we see that the "impossible task" of translation is yet rich with encounter, as both long-lost voices and those still speaking enter the same conversation, with the same vivacity.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Copper Canyon PressISBN-13:9781556597077ISBN-10:155659707XUPC:9781556597077Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Asian, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Chinese, Animals & Nature, Death, Grief, LossSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCJNCE9915
Arthur Sze (he/him) is an award-winning poet, translator, and editor who has published eleven books of original poetry. His works have been translated into fourteen languages, and include The Glass Constellation: New and Collected Poems (2021); Sight Lines (2019), which won the National Book Award for Poetry; and, Compass Rose (2014), a Pulitzer Prize finalist. His book of translations, The Silk Dragon: Translations from the Chinese (2001), was selected for the Western States Book Award. A recipient of the 2022 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for Lifetime Achievement from the Poetry Foundation, Sze has also been awarded support from the Guggenheim Foundation, Lannan Foundation, Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry, and National Endowment of the Arts. A Chancellor Emeritus at the Academy of American Poets, he is a professor emeritus at the Institute of American Indian Arts and was the first poet laureate of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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