What You Have Almost Forgotten Selected Poems of Gyula Illyes Gyula Illyes You Cannot Escape," a bilingual edition, presents the work of Hungary's national poet. Illyes work is direct, colloquial, has immense variety, and bears witness against injustices from the vantage point of his peasant roots. He continued...throughout his life to attack injustice wherever he found it, and to promote...with the power and balance of his art, a civilized view of man.-William J. Smith
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What You Have Almost Forgotten Selected Poems of Gyula Illyes Gyula Illyes You Cannot Escape," a bilingual edition, presents the work of Hungary's national poet. Illyes work is direct, colloquial, has immense variety, and bears witness against injustices from the vantage point of his peasant roots. He continued...throughout his life to attack injustice wherever he found it, and to promote...with the power and balance of his art, a civilized view of man.-William J. Smith
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Publisher:
Kortars Kiado and Willimantic: Curbstone Press
Published:
1999
Language:
Hungarian
Alibris ID:
14641916426
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8vo, pp. 127. Bound in printed wraps, a fine copy. Signed by William Jay Smith. Translations from the Hungarian. Gyula Illyés (November 2, 1902-April 15, 1983) was a Hungarian poet and novelist. He was one of the so called népi ("from the people") writers, named so because they aimed to show-propelled by strong sociological interest and left-wing convictions-the disadvantageous conditions of their native land. -Wikipedia.
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Near Fine. First edition. Pictorial wrappers. 127pp. Page topedge lightly soiled, near fine. Inscribed by the editor William Jay Smith to contributor Daniel Hoffman on the title page.