- Paperback: 118 pages
- Publisher: Persea Books; Reissue edition (May 1 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0892550066
- ISBN-13: 978-0892550067
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 172 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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#303,431 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #21 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Russian
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Book Description
Highly praised collection of the work of the great Russian poet, introduced in a major essay by Nobel Laureate Joseph Brodsky.
About the Author
Osip Mandelstam was born in 1891 in Warsaw and died a prisoner in a transit camp near Vladivostock in 1938. An Acmeist poet and one who avoided the political world, he nevertheless came to be regarded as a subversive and was hounded by interrogators. In order to preserve his poetry which became incriminating if written down, poems were committed to memory by his wife, other poets, and friends. He is one of Russia's greatest twentieth-century poets. Bernard Meares, the translator, is British, a former journalist who for many years lived and studied in Russia.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Poet,
By A Customer
This review is from: Osip Mandelstam 50 Poems (Paperback)
Reading these poems will make you understand why Mandelstam is so highly regarded. All 50 are well-translated works of genius. It has the best version of his (suicidal) lampoon of Stalin that I have read in translation. Reading these will make you hungry for more of his work.
5.0 out of 5 stars
as good as it gets,
By MUHAREM BAZDULJ (TRAVNIK Bosnia and Herzegowina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Osip Mandelstam 50 Poems (Paperback)
It should be said right at the beginning: Mandelstam is perhaps the best 20th century poet. Joseph Brodsky maybe share his place, but Brodsky is also co-author of this book - he wrote great preface for it. This anthology of Mandelstam's poems is not perfect only because it is not a collection of his complete works. However, this is a book which contains some of his best poems. Both Mandelstam and Brodsky are great examples of how true are the verses by Marina Tzvetvaeva: "In this most Christian of all worlds/ All poets are Jews." The perfection of this poetry is an evidence of the fact how great poetry once was - not a long time ago. Unfortunately, today the world have very little poets even close to Mandelstam.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Poet,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Osip Mandelstam 50 Poems (Paperback)
Reading these poems will make you understand why Mandelstam is so highly regarded. All 50 are well-translated works of genius. It has the best version of his (suicidal) lampoon of Stalin that I have read in translation. Reading these will make you hungry for more of his work.
20 of 26 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
as good as it gets,
By MUHAREM BAZDULJ - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Osip Mandelstam 50 Poems (Paperback)
It should be said right at the beginning: Mandelstam is perhaps the best 20th century poet. Joseph Brodsky maybe share his place, but Brodsky is also co-author of this book - he wrote great preface for it. This anthology of Mandelstam's poems is not perfect only because it is not a collection of his complete works. However, this is a book which contains some of his best poems. Both Mandelstam and Brodsky are great examples of how true are the verses by Marina Tzvetvaeva: "In this most Christian of all worlds/ All poets are Jews." The perfection of this poetry is an evidence of the fact how great poetry once was - not a long time ago. Unfortunately, today the world have very little poets even close to Mandelstam.
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