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The Nile on eBay FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE The Man Who Brought Brodsky into English by Cynthia L. Haven Brodsky's poetic careerin the West was launched when Joseph Brodsky: Selected Poems waspublished in 1973. Its translator was George L. Kline, a Bryn Mawr professorand war hero. This is the story of that friendship and collaboration, from itsbeginnings in 1960s Leningrad and concluding with the Nobel poet's death. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "A brilliant story of the three-decade-long collaboration of Joseph Brodsky and his loyal translator. Cynthia Haven draws a vivid portrait of George Kline-an intellectual, a friend, a war hero. These never-before-told stories, collected and painstakingly edited by Haven, fill in the glaring lacunae in Brodsky studies."-Yuri Leving, author of Iosif Brodsky v RimeBrodsky's poetic career in the West was launched when Joseph Brodsky: Selected Poems was published in 1973. Its translator was a scholar and war hero, George L. Kline. This is the story of that friendship and collaboration, from its beginnings in 1960s Leningrad and concluding with the Nobel poet's death in translated more of Brodsky's poems than any other single person, with the exception of Brodsky himself. The Bryn Mawr philosophy professor and Slavic scholar was a modest and retiring man, but on occasion he could be as forthright and adamant as Brodsky himself. "Akhmatova discovered Brodsky for Russia, but I discovered him for the We

• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781644695135
• Condition: Fine

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