This volume brings together the published translated poetic works of Zisimos Lorentzatos. It features translations of works by: Ezra Pound, W. Blake, Friedrich Hölderlin, W.B. Yeats, Eugenio Montale, Wisława Szymborska and W.H. Auden.
In addition to the poems, the book includes introductory notes by Zisimos Lorentzatos and an appendix presenting Edgar Allan Poe’s essays ‘The Philosophy of Composition’, The Poetic Principle and Eureka, as well as a prose translation of Gerard Manley Hopkins’s poem, Felix Randal, which is an excerpt from Z. Lorentzatos’s study A Tribute to E.A. Blair (George Orwell).
The translator’s personal copies were used in the preparation of this edition.
- Pages: 212
- ISBN: 978-960-572-025-4
- Publication: 2014
- Dimensions: 14 x 21
- Categories: Literature, Books, Poetry
The translations of Zisimos Lorentzatos & a brief conversation with his daughter Pieretta.
– Evi Malliarou, LifoZisimos Lorentzos
He was born in Athens in 1915 and passed away in 2004. He was the son of the Demoticist professor at the University of Athens, Panagis Lorentzatos. He studied at the Philosophical School of Athens, though he did not graduate. He made his debut in literature in 1936 with the study "Edgar Poe: The Exceptions. The Philosophy of Composition. The Poetic Principle." He reappeared in 1947 with his book "Essay I" (a study on the work of D. Solomos), and until the end of his life, he published a multitude of reflective, poetic, and translational texts.
His essay collection, titled "Studies," was compiled by him, initially in one volume in 1966 (Galaxias, 1966) and later in two volumes (Domos, 1994); the third volume was published posthumously (Benaki Museum, 2007). He published two poetry anthologies: Angelos Sikelianos, "Anthology" (Ikaros, 1998) and C. P. Cavafy, "Anthology" (Ikaros, 2004). Additionally, he published a collection of texts by G. I. Saregiannis, "Comments on Cavafy" (Ikaros, 1964), and a selection of texts by significant Greek critics, "Greek Critical Thought" (Ikaros, 1978). He published two travelogues: "Diary. Rhodes" (1951) and "In the Wake of the Helm" (Domos, 1983). His poetic work ("Mikra Syrtis" – "Alphavitari" – "Collection") was gathered in the volume "Poems" (Ikaros, 2006). He translated poems by Ezra Pound, W. Blake, E. Montale, W. Szymborska, and W. H. Auden, which were included in the volume "Translations" (Ikaros, 2006). Also published posthumously under the title "Collectanea" were his thoughts, aphorisms, and diary entries (Domos, 2009), as well as his unfinished work "Laws" (Artos Zois, 2025).
