Maria Dahvana Headley

A New Statesman and Irish Times Book of the Year A new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of The Mere Wife. A new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of The Mere Wife. Nearly twenty years after Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf—and fifty years after the translation that continues to torment high-school students around the world—there is...

The Mere Wife is a fierce, feminist retelling of the classic tale of Beowulf by New York Times bestselling author Maria Dahvana Headley. To those who live there, Herot Hall is a paradise. With picket fences, gabled buildings, and wildflowers that seed themselves in ordered rows, the suburb is a self-sustaining community, enclosed and secure. But to those who live...

Named one of the Best Poetry Books of 2021 by The Guardian Longlisted for the 2021 National Translation Award in Poetry. Picked for Kirkus Reviews' Best Fiction in Translation of 2020. Named a Book of the Year by NPR, Vox, and The New Statesman. Picked for Loyalty Books' Holiday List. A new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of...