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Remnants of Another Age
Nikola Madzirov
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Description for Remnants of Another Age
Paperback. First British publication by the rising star of European poetry Translator(s): Reid, Peggy; Reid, Graham W.; Horvat, Magdalena; Reed, Adam. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 170.
Macedonia's Nikola Madzirov is one of the most powerful voices in contemporary European poetry. Born in a family of Balkan War refugees in Strumica in 1973, he grew up in the Soviet era in the former Republic of Yugoslavia ruled by Marshall Tito. When he was 18, the collapse of Yugoslavia prompted a shift in his sense of identity - as a writer reinventing himself in a country which felt new but was still nourished by deeply rooted historical traditions. The example and work of the great East European poets of the postwar period - Vasko Popa, Czeslaw Milosz, Zbigniew ... Read more
Macedonia's Nikola Madzirov is one of the most powerful voices in contemporary European poetry. Born in a family of Balkan War refugees in Strumica in 1973, he grew up in the Soviet era in the former Republic of Yugoslavia ruled by Marshall Tito. When he was 18, the collapse of Yugoslavia prompted a shift in his sense of identity - as a writer reinventing himself in a country which felt new but was still nourished by deeply rooted historical traditions. The example and work of the great East European poets of the postwar period - Vasko Popa, Czeslaw Milosz, Zbigniew ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852249892
SKU
V9781852249892
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About Nikola Madzirov
Macedonian poet, editor, essayist and translator Nikola Madzirov was born in Strumica in 1973 to a family of Balkan War refugees, and grew up in the Soviet era in the former Republic of Yugoslavia ruled by Marshall Tito. He was 18 when Macedonia gained independence, and has since published several collections of poetry, including Studentski Zbor award-winner Locked in the ... Read more
Reviews for Remnants of Another Age
'Arresting, enigmatic and mysterious in the great Eastern European tradition' - Simon Armitage. 'Madzirov's poems are like Expressionist paintings: filled with thick, energetic streaks they seem to emerge from the imagination and to return to it right away, like night animals caught in the headlights of a car. "We are the remnants of another age" - Nikola Madzirov succeeds in ... Read more