The Smoke Of Distant Fires: Poems
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Smoke Of Distant Fires: Poems
By (Author) Eduardo Chirinos
Open Letter
Open Letter
17th January 2012
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
811.6
Commended for Literary Award (Poetry in Translation) 2013
Physical Properties
Paperback
114
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
168g
Description
The Smoke of Distant Fires contains 13 new poems from the contemporary Peruvian poet, essayist, critic, translator and children's book author Eduardo Chirinos. Precisely organised and formally inventive, each poem in the collection is itself of 10 numbered stanzas, with each individual stanza standing as a fully formed poem in its own right. Altogether, a set of rhythmic, elliptical fables form a fully recognisable yet wholly original world.
Author Bio
Eduardo Chirinos is a member of Peru's 80's Generation and the author of several poetry collections, for which he has receive the Premio Casa de Amica and the Premio Generacin del 27. He currently teaches at the University of Montana. G. J. Racz is an associate professor at Long Island University-Brooklyn, and former president of the American Literary Translators Association. Daniel Shapiro is a poet and translator. His translation of Toms Harris's Cipango was published by Bucknell University Press. He is Director of Literature and Editor of Review at the Americas Society in New York.
