Ninety-Nine Poems in Translation
By (Author) Anthony Astbury
Edited by Harold Pinter
By (author) Harold Pinter
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
5th February 1996
Main
United Kingdom
Paperback
160
Width 130mm, Height 200mm, Spine 5mm
135g
Celebrating the art of the poet-translator, this pioneering anthology shows how the very heart of the English tradition has been sustained and enriched by translation over the centuries. The three editors have gathered together supreme examples of this art, poems that sing out on the most pressing of human concerns with all the conviction of two voices speaking as one.
Harold Pinter was born in East London in 1930. He lives in London and is married to Antonia Fraser. In 1995 he won the David Cohen British Literature Prize for a lifetime's achievement in literature; in 1996 he was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for a lifetime's achievement in theatre; and in 1997 he was named as the Sunday Times Writer of the Year. In 2002 Harold Pinter was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to literature. He is the author of numerous plays and screenplays, and has written poetry and fiction.Visit the official Harold Pinter website to find out more.