Lotnisko w Amsterdamie / Airport in Amsterdam

by Adam Zagajewski

Polsko-angielski wybór wierszy Adama Zagajewskiego. Autorką tłumaczeń na angielski jest Clare Cavanagh, wyboru 30 wierszy dokonał Autor. Czytelnik tego reprezentatywnego wyboru wierszy, dokonanego przez samego autora, odnajdzie w nim poetyckie obrazy z odległych epok i miejsc: od romańskich kościołów do chińskich restauracji, od Krakowa do Lwowa; od wierszy skierowanych do literackich...

Genres: Poetry

120 pages, Hardcover

First published April 14, 2016

About the author

Adam Zagajewski was a Polish poet, novelist, translator and essayist. He was awarded the 2004 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

The Zagajeski family was expelled from Lwów by the Ukrainians to central Poland in 1945.
In 1982 he emigrated to Paris, but in 2002 he returned to Poland, and now resides in Kraków.
His poem "Try To Praise The Mutilated World", printed in The New Yorker, became famous after the 9/11 attacks.

He is considered a leading poet of the Generation of '68, or Polish New Wave (Polish: Nowa fala), and one of Poland's most prominent contemporary poets.

Source: wikipedia.com

Reviews

[HoardingDragon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Firstly I wanted to read one poem a day, but it sucked me in. I marked my faves to return next time, as I know I will for sure come back to them, as a child going back to home for comfort

[Aniela Smoczyńska]

Lepsza Szymborska obv. Uchodźcy i Spróbuj opiewać okaleczony świat.

[z · Rating 2 out of 5]

totalnie nic tu nie znalazłam dla siebie

[Jola · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,5.