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"Michael Mazur's approach to the Inferno gave me inspiration and guidance in understanding Dante. The monotypes, nourished by the artist's intense engagement with the poetry, are themselves acts of translation, embodying vital principles."—Robert Pinsky, from the preface
A unique collection that revisits Dante's classic with translations by former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky and full-color artwork by internationally renowned artist Michael Mazur. This rare and stunning collaboration is sure to be sought by both collectors and readers alike.
Price: $16.95
Pages: 64
Publisher: Sarabande Books
Imprint: Sarabande Books
Publication Date:
01 November 2009
Trim Size: 8.10 X 12.10 in
ISBN: 9781932511772
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
POETRY / Ancient & Classical, POETRY / Epic, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian, ART / Mixed Media
Art Forum, Book Forum, Bomb Magazine, The New York Times Book Review and/or Arts Section, The Boston Review, Publisher's Weekly, Library Journal, Ploughshares, Harvard Review, The Georgia Review, Boston Sunday Globe, The Nation, London Review of Books
Robert Pinsky attended Rutgers and Stanford, where he held a Stegner Fellowship. He has taught classes in poetry at Wellesley, Berkeley, and currently at Boston University. Among his awards are the William Carlos Williams Prize, the Shelley Memorial Award, and the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. From 1997 to 2000 he was the U.S. Poet Laureate. Robert Pinsky attended Rutgers and Stanford, where he held a Stegner Fellowship. He has taught classes in poetry at Wellesley, Berkeley, and currently at Boston University. Among his awards are the William Carlos Williams Prize, the Shelley Memorial Award, and the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. From 1997 to 2000 he was the U.S. Poet Laureate. Mazur's work has been exhibited at MOMA, The Whitney, Brooklyn, and the Metropolitan museums. He was a faculty member at RISD, Brandeis University, and a visiting artist at Harvard's Carpenter Center. He is represented in New York by the Mary Ryan Gallery and in Boston, by the Barbara Krakow Gallery and in Provincetown at Albert Merola Gallery.