Adonis selected poems  -  Adūnīs

translated from the arabic by Khaled Mattawa

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The first major career-spanning collection of the poems of Adonis, widely acknowledged as the most important poet working in Arabic today



"Poetry for [Adonis] is not merely a genre or an art form but a way of thinking, something almost like mystical revelation."--Charles McGrath, New York Times



Born in Syria in 1930, Adonis is one of the most celebrated poets of the Arabic-speaking world. His poems have earned international acclaim, and his influence on Arabic literature has been likened to that o...
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"the greatest living poet of the arabic world"

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2012 Uitgever: Yale University Press 432 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0300181256 ISBN-13: 9780300181258