{"product_id":"poems-of-nazim-hikmet-9780892552740","title":"Poems of Nazim Hikmet","description":"A centennial volume, with previously unavailable poems, by Turkey's greatest poet. Published in celebration of the poet's one hundredth birthday, this exciting edition of the poems of the Nazim Hikmet (1902-1963) collects work from his four previous selected volumes and adds more than twenty poems never before available in English. The Blasing\/Konuk translations, acclaimed for the past quarter-century for their accuracy and grace, convey Hikmet's compassionate, accessible voice with the subtle music, innovative form, and emotional directness of the originals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHikmet, Nazim:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eNazim Hikmet\u003c\/strong\u003e is considered Turkey's greatest modern poet. For his Communist views, he was imprisoned in Turkey and his work was banned. His poetry has been translated into more than fifty languages. He won the World Peace Prize (the USSR's equivalent of the Nobel) in 1950. He died in 1963 in exile.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlasing, Randy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRandy Blasing\u003c\/strong\u003e, a former National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellow, is the author of seven books of poetry, including \u003cem\u003eChoice Words: Poems 1970-2005\u003c\/em\u003e. He is also the eminent translator, alongside Mutlu Konuk, of the renowned Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet. He lives in Lincoln, Rhode Island.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKonuk Blasing, Mutlu:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMutlu Konuk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlasing\u003c\/strong\u003e, a native of Istanbul, is Professor of English at Brown University. Her books include \u003cem\u003eLyric Poetry: The Pain and the Pleasure of Words\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the co-translator (with Randy Blasing) of the renowned English translations of Nazim Hikmet, and the author of four scholarly books on American poetry.\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Persea Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50566367314194,"sku":"9780892552740","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c3442ad1-b0f6-4d96-ae96-9bd688e24cc9.jpg?v=1731896228","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/poems-of-nazim-hikmet-9780892552740","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}