Tasos Leivaditis' triptych : Battle at the edge of the night, This star is for all of us, The wind at the crossroads of the world / Tasos Leivaditis ; translated by N.N. Trakakis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leivaditēs, Tasos, author.

Contributor:

Trakakis, Nick, editor.

Series:

Anthem Impact

Language:

English

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Subjects (All):

Leivaditēs, Tasos--Translations into English.

Leivaditēs, Tasos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (102 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, 2022.

Summary:

Tasos Leivaditis (1922-88), one of the undiscovered greats of Modern Greek literature, entered the poetic scene in the middle of the last century with three short poetry books, presented here in English translation for the first time. These works, received with both popular and critical acclaim upon publication in 1952-53, give compelling testimony to the violence of the twentieth century, witnessed by Leivaditis and his generation in the Nazi occupation of Greece in World War II and the subsequent civil war (1946-49) between the left and right-wing factions. The latter found Leivaditis, a committed communist, on the defeated side, and he was exiled to concentration camps on various islands for more than three years. Soon after his release, he published a remarkable triptych of poetic works that evoke the horrors of war and, in the midst of this, the yearning for justice and peace.

Contents:

Battle at the edge of the night

This star is for all of us

The wind at the crossroads of the world.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Sep 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Trakakis, N.N. Tasos Leivaditis' Triptych

ISBN:

9781785278839

1785278835

9781785278846

1785278843

OCLC:

1511484381