Poems of Nazim Hikmet [Paperback]

A centennial volume, with previously unavailable poems, by Turkey'sgreatest poet.? Published in celebration of the poet's one hundredthbirthday, 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 neverbefore available in English. The Blasing/Konuk translations, acclaimedfor the past quarter-century for their accuracy and grace, conveyHikmet's compassionate, accessible voice with the subtle music,innovative form, and emotional directness of the originals.The definitive selection by the first and foremost modern Turkish poet. Brilliantly conceived and executed, witty and passionate, and inspiring in a sense not found in most modern poems. One of the great poetic voices of all time.