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Title: Maldon, and Other Translations Condition: New EAN: 9780907562603 ISBN: 9780907562603 Publisher: Shearsman Books Format: Paperback Type: Paperback Release Date: 01/10/2004 Item Height: 229mm Item Length: 152mm Item Width: 9mm Item Weight: 239g Author: Michael Smith Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Genre: Poetry & Drama Release Year: 2004 Description: Irish poet, translator and editor Michael Smith is based in Dublin and this volume collects a number of his more unusual translations - The Battle of Maldon, from the Anglo-Saxon, two long poems from the 18th-century Irish, and a large selection of cantes flamencos (flamenco songs). The book will fill out the view of Smith's work in Britain, where he is better known as a translator of Spanish baroque poetry. He founded New Writers' Press in Dublin in 1967, an enterprise which was responsible for the publication of a number of neglected Irish poets, as well as several important younger writers. He was also co-founder and editor of the literary magazine The Lace Curtain. Missing Information?
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