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Ideal for readers passionate about contemporary poetry, mythic and philosophical themes, and eco-poetics, as well as those interested in Greek literature and visionary poetic multimedia.
The celebrated Greek poet Phoebe Giannisi explores connections between language, life, and the natural world
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By one of Greece's foremost contemporary poets, Cicada is Phoebe Giannisi's second collection in English. The cicada signifies metamorphosis in this breathtaking, lyrical book, which evokes the spirits of Archilochus, Plato, Empedocles, and Heraclitus.
As the translator Brian Sneeden remarks: "The 'I' in Giannisi's poetry is never static, never a fixed point, but part of a process of rebodying the ambient." Yet, despite the fluid, mythic nature of Giannisi's poems, they are also exquisitely rooted in the everyday: the sea heard through a window, the murmur of a distant mechanical crane, a damp wind, a photo of John and Yoko.
Giannisi is a poet internationally known for her idiosyncratic eco-poetics, as well as her poetic multimedia works and performances, and most of all for her brilliant vision glowing at the borders of language, voice, place, and memory.
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Praised for its dynamic linguistic and visual movement, Cicada is described by Publishers Weekly as poetry that transforms the ordinary into the magical. Heather Green of Poetry highlights its vibrant reflections on change and life’s transience. Critics commend Giannisi’s honesty, originality, and the skilled translation by Brian Sneeden, which brings immediacy and conviction to the work.
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ISBN: 9780811230230
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 March 2022
Country: United States
Imprint: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Contributors:
- Translated by Brian Sneeden
- Translated by Brian Sneeden
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 132.0mm
Height: 206.0mm
Weight: 111g
Pages: 128
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About the Author
Phoebe Giannisi was born in Athens in 1964 and is the author of seven books of poetry, including Homerica (chosen by Anne Carson as a favorite book of 2017 in the Paris Review). She is professor of architecture and cultural studies at the University of Thessaly. Brian Sneeden is a poet, literary translator, and editor. His translations have received an NEA Literature Translation Fellowship, the World Literature Today Translation Award for Poetry, the Constantinides Memorial Translation Prize, a PEN/Heim Translation Grant, and other recognitions.
Also by Phoebe Giannisi
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