Description
A collision between contemporary poetics and the Renaissance lyric, between aestheticism and political engagement, The Master of Insomnia is a collection of Slovenian poet Boris A. Novak's verse from the last fifteen years, including numerous poems never before available in English.
About the Author
Born in Serbia in 1953, Boris A. Novak is a poet, playwright, editor, essayist, and translator of Bosnian, British, American, French, Provencal, Italian, and German poetry into Slovenian. He has also written for children and published works of literary criticism. He is considered one of the most important living Slovenian poets, and has more then fifty-three books to his name. He is a Professor at the Department for Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana. Tomaz Salamun was born in 1941 in Zagreb. He has published over thirty books of poetry and frequently teaches at American universities, including Pittsburgh, Richmond, and Texas.
Book Information
ISBN 9781564787835
Author Boris A Novak
Format Paperback
Page Count 104
Imprint Dalkey Archive Press
Publisher Dalkey Archive Press
Weight(grams) 181g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 139mm * 12mm