num_pages: 384
description: The Translation judges for the National Book Awards - Richard Miller, Alastair Reid, Eliot Weinberger - cites Clayton Eshleman and Jose Rubia Barcia's translation of Cesar Vallejo's The Complete Posthumous Poetry as follows:"This, the first National Book Award to be given to a translation of modern poetry, is a recognition of Clayton Esheman's seventeen-year apprenticeship to perhaps the most difficult poetry in the Spanish language. Eshleman and his present collaborator, Jose Rubia Barcia, have not only rendered these complex poems into brilliant and living English, but have also established a definitive Spanish test based on Vallejo's densely rewritten manuscripts. In recreating this modern master in English, they have also made a considerable addition to poetry in our language."
language: English
title: The Complete Posthumous Poetry
titlecomplete: The Complete Posthumous Poetry
genres: Spanish Literature, Poetry, Latin American, Unfinished
ratings_count: 183
awards: awardedAt: 284025600000
name: National Book Award
category: Translation
publisher: University of California Press