{"product_id":"poems-of-the-night-a-dual-language-edition-with-parallel-text-paperback","title":"Poems of the Night: A Dual-Language Edition with Parallel Text - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJorge Luis Borges\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSuzanne Jill Levine\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEfrain Kristal\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dual-language volume of poems on darkness and light--many appearing in English for the first time--by one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Revered for his magnificent works of fiction, Jorge Luis Borges thought of himself primarily as a poet. \u003ci\u003ePoems of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving collection of the great literary visionary's poetic meditations on nighttime, darkness, and the crepuscular world of visions and dreams, themes that speak implicitly to the blindness that overtook Borges late in life--and yet the poems here are drawn from the full span of Borges's career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Featuring such poems as \"History of the Night\" and \"In Praise of Darkness\" and more than fifty others in luminous translations by an array of distinguished translators--among them W. S. Merwin, Christopher Maurer, Alan Trueblood, and Alastair Reid--this volume brings to light many poems that have never appeared in English, presenting them \u003ci\u003een face\u003c\/i\u003e with their Spanish originals.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJorge Luis Borges\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Buenos Aires in 1989 and was educated in Europe. One of the most widely acclaimed writers of our time, he published many collections of poems, essays, and short stories before his death in Geneva in June 1986. In 1961 Borges shared the International Publisher's prize with Samuel Beckett. The Ingram Merrill Foundation granted him its Annual Literary Award in 1966 for his \"outstanding contribution to literature.\" In 1971 Columbia University awarded him the first of many degrees of Doctor of Letters, \u003ci\u003ehonoris causa\u003c\/i\u003e (eventually the list included both Oxford and Cambridge), that he was to receive from the English-speaking world. In 1971 he also received the fifth biennial Jerusalem Prize and in 1973 was given one of Mexico's most prestigious cultural awards, the Alfonso Reyes Prize. In 1980 he shared with Gerardo Diego the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish world's highest literary accolade. Borges was Director of the Argentine National Library from 1955 until 1973. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eEfraín Kristal\u003c\/b\u003e (editor, introducer, notes) is a professor of Spanish and comparative literature at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of books on both Jorge Luis Borges and Mario Vargas Llosa. He lives in Los Angeles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSuzanne Jill Levine \u003c\/b\u003e(general editor) is a professor of Latin American literature and translation studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the distinguished translator of such innovative Spanish American writers as Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Manuel Puig, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, and Julio Cortázar. She lives in Santa Barbara, California.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 7.7 x 5.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984022831405,"sku":"9780143106005","price":20.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/NVZxTzFPcnJ5amlTbVA0Wk1JdDlhdz09.webp?v=1776081445","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/poems-of-the-night-a-dual-language-edition-with-parallel-text-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}