Five Decades: Poems 1925-1970

by Pablo Neruda

Book Overview

This bilingual volume is the definitive collection of the poetry of Pablo Neruda, the 1971 Nobel Prize winner and one of the most profoundly influential poets of the twentieth century. His love poems are earthy and transcendent, and his political poems are the work of a man as incisive, impassioned, and ferociously intelligent as he was sensual. Ben Belitt has drawn the 138 selections in Five Decades from all of Neruda's major works, including the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802130356
• ISBN13: 9780802130358
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.2"

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Belitt's translations poems unto themselves

Ben Beliit is a poet. He is also a translator. When he translated Neruda's poetry, he was not only bringing the poetry to life in English, but also creating new poetry as well. Belitt adheres not only to the rules of translation but also to the rules of poetry. Literal translations are fine, but new poems created from one language to another are priceless.