Time Without Keys

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Selected Poems

By Ida Vitale

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Time Without Keys: Selected Poems collects seventy-five years of Ida Vitale’s distinguished poetry, newly available in the US in a bilingual edition. From the skies over Montevideo to the bloom of saxifrage, her work explores urgent questions about time, history, and our bond with the world. Vitale’s poetry is both classic and modern, precise and lucid, offering readers an intellectually rich experience grounded in tradition and human vitality. Translator Sarah Pollack provides an insightful afterword on Vitale’s life and legacy.
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Ideal for readers of contemporary and classic poetry, those interested in Latin American literature, and anyone drawn to meditations on time, nature, and language. Suitable for bilingual readers appreciating Spanish and English presentations.

A landmark collection of poetry by one of Latin America’s most important living writers

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The celebrated writer Álvaro Mutis envied new readers of Ida Vitale's poetry: "unexpected pleasures await them." Time Without Keys: Selected Poems is the first volume of Vitale's illustrious poetry to appear in the US. The selection spans seventy-five years and the wonders within abound—the skies over Montevideo, falconry, the saxifrage's bloom, gratitude for the alphabet and summer—as do urgent questions about our relationship with the world.

How does our perception of time shape history, as well as our social and political constructs? Vitale's poetic and human vitality have made her a storied figure in the Spanish language and beyond; her writing is revered for being classic and modern, precise and lucid, intellectually challenging and rich in tradition.

This bilingual edition, presented in reverse chronological order, offers the reader both a wide range of Vitale's most beloved poems, as well as a wealth of recent work. The translator Sarah Pollack, Vitale's first translator into English, has written an informative afterword about Vitale's life and work.

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Vitale’s poems are often brief, combining playful yet gentle tones without overstaying their welcome, as noted by Ange Mlinko in the New York Review of Books. Rebecca Morgan Frank of Literary Hub highlights Vitale’s elemental focus on the natural world and language, spanning 75 years of celebrated lyricism. Janani Ambikapathy in Harriet Books praises the poems’ buoyant spirit and sense of secrecy, while Julio Cortázar expresses gratitude for Vitale’s restrained and essential verse that evokes vivid memories.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780811231923

Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 September 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: New Directions Publishing Corporation

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Translated by Sarah Pollack

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 209g

Pages: 160

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Arts & Culture Ida Vitale Non-Fiction Poetry

About the Author

Ida Vitale was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1923. She is one of Latin America’s most celebrated and respected poets. Vitale has published over thirty works of poetry, prose, and literary criticism, in addition to numerous translations. In Uruguay and Mexico, where she lived in exile, she was an important intellectual figure. In the late 1980s, Vitale settled in Austin, TX until her return to Montevideo in 2016, after the death of her husband. She is the fifth woman to win the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the highest accolade in Spanish. Her awards include the National Prize in Uruguay, the Reina Sofía Prize, the Octavio Paz Prize, the García Lorca Prize, and the Max Jacob Prize. In 2019, the BBC named her one of the world’s 100 most influential women. Sarah Pollack is a professor of Latin American literature and translation studies at the College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center, CUNY. She has also translated works by Juan Villoro, Silvia Eugenia Castillero, Fabio Morábito, Enrique Fierro, and Cristina Peri Rossi.