A Voice of Resilience and Hope in a World of Turmoil and Suffering: Selected Poems, 1935-1989 by Yiannis Ritsos


A Voice of Resilience and Hope in a World of Turmoil and Suffering: Selected Poems, 1935-1989
Title : A Voice of Resilience and Hope in a World of Turmoil and Suffering: Selected Poems, 1935-1989
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ISBN : 0917653521
ISBN-10 : 9780917653520
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 430
Publication : First published January 1, 2001

Yiannis Ritsos has long been recognized as one of the most prolific writers of contemporary Greece and as one of Europe's most important poets of the 20th century. In his 70 years of active life as a poet, he produced works that continue to amaze his readers. This work provides an introduction to the life, thought, and poetry of this highly regarded poet. The book then provides in Greek and English, the texts of hundreds of his poems. Anyone interested in Modern Greek poetry or the work of

A Voice of Resilience and Hope in a World of Turmoil and Suffering: Selected Poems, 1935-1989 Reviews

  • Sinan Öner

    Yannis Ritsos' "A Voice of Resilience and Hope in a World of Turmoil and Suffering: Selected Poems, 1935-1989" is one of the best books of Yannis Ritsos, Ritsos' book is an anthology from his poetry! Yannis Ritsos was "a modern Homeros" of Greece in his life in the 20. Century. Yannis Ritsos, in his poetry, thought, wrote anything in the world, any objects, any humanitarian things, any rural and urban views, objects and experiences, any social, natural and spritiual things in the world. In Yannis Ritsos' book, we see the history of Greece, we feel any historical laws, changes and works with Yannis Ritsos' poetical writing. Yannis Ritsos was one of the greatest poets of Greece, we see in his book, with Kavafis, Seferis, Elitis, Theodorakis.

  • George

    A great gem of Ritsos--one of the best of the Greek poets.