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The Sky That Denied Me: Selected Poems

The Sky That Denied Me: Selected Poems

Fakhreddine, Jawdat
Allen, Roger
Fakhreddine, Huda

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Series: Cmes Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation

General Poetry

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ISBN10: 1477319514
ISBN13: 9781477319512
Publisher: Univ Of Texas Pr
Published: Jan 1 2020
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.20 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

Born in 1953 in the small village of Sultaniyeh in south Lebanon, Jawdat Fakhreddine is considered one of the most prominent members of the second generation of modernist Arab poets. Influenced by a childhood bond with nature, the southern landscape of his village, and early readings of classical Arabic poetry, Fakhreddine's poems bring into conversation modern preoccupations and the Arab poetic tradition. These twenty poems, translated by Fakhreddine's daughter, Huda, along with translator Roger Allen, form an intimate dialogue between poet and reader, exploring such personal terrain as marriage, fatherhood, and the loss of a parent. Using simple, elegant language, Fakhreddine maintains subtle tensions within these poems, transforming the mundane, the domestic, and the everyday into poetic linguistic events.

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