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Amorgos
Nikos Gatsos
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Description for Amorgos
Paperback. Nikos Gatsos' profoundly mysterious and magnetic poem "Amorgos", named after a Greek island he never visited and written during the Nazi occupation, is the single work on which his reputation rests. It was much admired by the Nobel laureates Odysseus Elytis and George Seferis, and was hugely influential on the postwar generation of Greek poets. Translator(s): Purcell, Sally. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 108.
Nikos Gatsos' profoundly mysterious and magnetic poem "Amorgos", named after a Greek island he never visited and written during the Nazi occupation, is the single work on which his reputation rests. It is a wonderful incantation on the theme of loss and hope - a unique blend of surrealism, symbolism and folk song - lyrical and erotic, sometimes celebratory, sometimes bitter. It was much admired by the Nobel laureates Odysseus Elytis and George Seferis, and was hugely influential on the postwar generation of Greek poets. However, after its publication in 1943, Gatsos abandoned poetry, and wrote only popular songs, for ... Read more
Nikos Gatsos' profoundly mysterious and magnetic poem "Amorgos", named after a Greek island he never visited and written during the Nazi occupation, is the single work on which his reputation rests. It is a wonderful incantation on the theme of loss and hope - a unique blend of surrealism, symbolism and folk song - lyrical and erotic, sometimes celebratory, sometimes bitter. It was much admired by the Nobel laureates Odysseus Elytis and George Seferis, and was hugely influential on the postwar generation of Greek poets. However, after its publication in 1943, Gatsos abandoned poetry, and wrote only popular songs, for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Anvil Press Poetry United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856463020
SKU
V9780856463020
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About Nikos Gatsos
Nikos Gatsos was born in Arcadia in 1914, and educated in Athens from the age of 16, studying Literature, Philosophy and History at Athens University. Well versed in English, French and Spanish, he translated poetry and plays by Lorca, O'Neill, Strindberg, Lope de Vega, Genet and Tennessee Williams into Greek. He died in 1992.Sally Purcell (1944-1998) was the author of ... Read more
Reviews for Amorgos
'As he did not write anything else, it was as if with 'Amorgos' he indirectly expressed the notion about the nature of a work of art that its core contains a seed of death... In 'Amorgos' the world is what it appears to be - made neither for joy nor for sorrow - just open to man's tendency to capture ... Read more