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.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.The definitive selection by the first and foremost modern Turkish poet.