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The World of Words

Tanikawa Shuntaro, Paul Muldoon, Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, Xi Chuan and Others

Bei Dao editor Lucas Klein editor Gilbert Fong editor Shelby Chan editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The Chinese University Press

Published:30th Dec '11

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Following the convening of Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, The World of Words is a collection of selected works by some of the most internationally acclaimed poets today. Included are the poems of Tanikawa Shuntaro (Japan), Paul Muldoon (Ireland), Tomaž Šalamun (Slovenia), Arkadii Dragomoshchenko (Russia), C. D. Wright (USA), María Baranda (Mexico), Régis Bonvicino (Brazil), Silke Scheuermann (Germany), Bejan Matur (Turkey), Vivek Narayanan (India) as well as leading Chinese poets such as Xi Chuan, Yu Jian, Yu Xiang, Ling Yu, Chen Ko Hua, Lo Chih Cheng, Tian Yuan, Yao Feng, Wong Leung Wo and Yip Fai. The collection makes a treasured anthology of the finest contemporary poetry in trilingual or bilingual presentation.

ISBN: 9789629964955

Dimensions: 177mm x 276mm x 22mm

Weight: 615g

296 pages