num_pages: 288
description: A centennial volume, with previously unavailable poems, by Turkey's greatest poet.  Published in celebration of the poet's one hundredth birthday, this exciting edition of the poems of Nazim Hikmet (1902-1963) collects work from his four previous selected volumes and adds more than twenty poems never before available in English. The Blasing/Konuk translations, acclaimed for the past quarter-century for their accuracy and grace, convey Hikmet's compassionate, accessible voice with the subtle music, innovative form, and emotional directness of the originals.
language: English
title: Poems of Nazım Hikmet
titlecomplete: Poems of Nazım Hikmet
genres: Classics, Turkish, Turkish Literature, 20th Century, Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 1728
publisher: Persea