Thursday, June 2, 2011

Yannis Ritsos poetry link

Yannis Ritsos' Poems, translated by Manolis and published by Libros Libertad in British Columbia, is a large volume of carefully rendered verse that interprets Ritsos' visions of Greece on a personal and political level.  Ritsos was a noted Greek poet with a legacy of speaking up under oppression.  Many of his poems personify the sea, the ruins, and the bleached-white stones.

Diasporic.org is featuring one of my reviews for it, and you won't see it here on the blog..get an early glimpse at http://diasporic.org/2011/06/diaspor5/yannis-ritsos-poems/

Diasporic Literature is based in Melbourne.  Yes, most of the site is in Greek, but some of it is in English...and it's an interesting clearinghouse for finding Greek titles.

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