For the Shrew

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By Anna Glazova

Series: New Russian Poetry

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For the Shrew by Anna Glazova presents evocative ecopoetry that interweaves concerns about global climate disasters with profound reflections on the natural world. The bilingual format offers Russian poems alongside English translations, amplifying the poet's voice and reach. Glazova's work has earned critical acclaim, including the Andrei Bely Prize, one of Russia's foremost literary honours.
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This collection is ideal for readers interested in contemporary poetry, ecological themes, and Russian literature, as well as those who appreciate bilingual editions and international voices in the arts and culture landscape.

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With global climate disasters in the news every day, Glazova offers riveting insights into the natural world and is an important voice for ecopoetry.

Readers see the Russian and English poems on facing pages.

Glazova received the Andrei Bely Prize, one of Russia's most prestigious literary awards, when the original Russian edition of For the Shrew was published in 2013.

She is one of three Russian poets featured in Zephyr's anthology, Relocations, which was a finalist for the 2014 Best Translated Book Award.

Glazova has been featured in readings at NYU (2021), Harvard (2020), and at a major Russian poetry symposium at Boston University, which is available online.

Poems have appeared in the Columbia Journal and The Cafe Review.

Recent Zephyr Eastern European titles have won or been short-listed for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN Poetry in Translation Award, the Derek Walcott Poetry Prize, the Griffin International Poetry Prize, and the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages Book Award.

Series: New Russian Poetry

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781938890956

Publisher: Zephyr Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 January 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Zephyr Press

Edition: Bilingual edition

Illustration: Illustrations

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Translated by Alex Niemi

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 168

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Anna Glazova Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry Series: New Russian Poetry

About the Author

Anna Glazova is a poet, translator, and literary scholar. She was born in Dubna in 1973. She has studied and taught in Germany and the United States, receiving her PhD from Northwestern University in Illinois. She has published six books of poetry, andhas translated into Russian the work of numerous authors, including Franz Kafka, Walter Benjamin, Franz Rosenzweig, and Paul Celan. She won the Andrei Bely Prize for her poetry collection, For the Shrew.She currently lives in Hamburg, Germany.

Translator Alex Niemi's poetry and translations from the French, Russian, and Spanish have appeared in The Offing, Columbia Journal, Asymptote and other publications. She is the translator of The John Cage Experiences by Vincent Tholome (Autumn Hill Books, 2020) and the author of the poetry chapbook, Elephant (dancing girl press, 2020). She received her MFA in literary translation from the University of Iowa. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

For the Shrew