Old Songs / Olga Sedakova ; translated by Martha M. F. Kelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sedakova Olga, author.

Contributor:

Kelly, Martha M. F., translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russian poetry.

Russian poetry--20th century--Translations into English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 pages)

Place of Publication:

Seattle, WA : Slant Books, [2023]

Summary:

"Olga Sedakova is a writer of global significance...the publishing of this collection is a welcome stage in the reception of her exceptional genius in the West." So writes Rowan Williams in his foreword to this translation of Old Songs. Born in Moscow in 1949, Olga Sedakova emerged as a leading writer of the late Soviet period. Since 2014, she has been an outspoken critic of Russia's war on Ukraine. Her writing bears witness to the values of generosity, attention, and non-violence. The poems in Old Songs construct a world shaped by these values, forming a lyric sequence infused with folk wisdom and anchored in moral courage. It is a world brought into being by song, the kind passed down over cradles and on walks through the garden. These poems find their way into your memory and accompany you on your way. Sedakova is not only one of Russia's most revered contemporary poets but also a scholar and essayist. Often compared to figures such as Czes ? aw Mi ? osz, she has, with this volume (according to Rowan Williams), succeeded in "conveying the sense of a forgotten directness of perception and relation-not a lost simplicity, exactly, but a larger and more human world...."

Contents:

Intro

Foreword

Translator's Introduction

FIRST NOTEBOOK What gleams white there on the green hill? -A.S. Pushkin

SECOND NOTEBOOK Dedicated to my grandmother

POEMS FROM THE SECOND NOTEBOOK that couldn't find themselves a place there

THIRD NOTEBOOK (1982) In memory of my grandmotherDarya Semyonova Sedakova

Additions to "Old Songs"

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781639821433

1639821430

OCLC:

1391437780