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Arc Translations
About this book
The latest in Arc's Translation Series brings poems from Sigurður Pálsson's ten collections written between 1980 and 2008 to a UK audience.Swirling with imagery, they reveal a poet committed to unearthing the joy of living and its connections to the natural world. This is a thrilling sweep across Pálsson's work: chronologies are upset, ideas run amok, views out onto the world close and open.Also available in limited-edition hardback: ISBN 9781906570590 (£12.99)
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Sigurður Pálsson was born in 1948 in Skinnastadur, Iceland. A writer, translator, professor and film producer, he won the Icelandic Literary Award in 2007, the same year he was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite by the President of France. Martin Regal lives in Reykjavik and teaches at the University of Iceland. His translation of Gisli Sursson's Saga and the Saga of the People of Eyri was published by Penguin Classics in 2003 (ISBN 9780140447729).
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CONTENTS
Introduction
ur / from
LJÓÐ VEGA MENN / POEM WAY MEN (1980)
| Nocturne handa Merkúr | • | Nocturne for Mercury |
| Nocturne handa Venus | • | Nocturne for Venus |
| Nocturne handa fullu tungli | • | Nocturne for a Full Moon |
| Nocturne handa þreifandi fullu tungli | • | Nocturne for a Brimful Moon |
| Nocturne handa Mars | • | Nocturne for Mars |
| Nocturne handa Júpiter | • | Nocturne for Jupiter |
| Nocturne handa Satúrnus | • | Nocturne for Saturn |
| Nocturne handa Úranus | • | Noctur... |
Table of contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- Nocturne handa Merkúr
- Nocturne for Mercury
- Nocturne handa Venus
- Nocturne for Venus
- Nocturne handa fullu tungli
- Nocturne for a Full Moon
- Nocturne handa þreifandi fullu tungli
- Nocturne for a Brimful Moon
- Nocturne handa Mars
- Nocturne for Mars
- Nocturne handa Júpíter
- Nocturne for Jupiter
- Nocturne handa Satúrnus
- Nocturne for Saturn
- Nocturne handa Úranus
- Nocturne for Uranus
- Ljóðnámuland
- Land Possessed by Poems
- Miðbærinn í Reykjavíkurborg
- Downtown in Reykjavik City
- Nokkrar verklegar æfingar í atburðaskáldskap
- A Few Practical Exercises in Event Poetry
- Húsið mitt
- My House
- Beckett á Closerie des Lilas
- Beckett at the Closerie des Lilas
- Krossviður
- Plywood
- Akasíutré
- The Acacia Tree
- Miklatún
- Miklatún Park
- Leit
- Search
- Hið svarta land
- The Black Land
- Lærdómar
- Knowledge
- Ljósaskipti
- Twilight
- Stjörnuform í grasi
- Star in the Grass
- Ljóðlistin
- The Art of Poetry
- Hótelsalur
- Hotel Lounge
- Rúður
- Windows
- Ljósmynd af látnu barni
- Photograph of a Dead Child
- Sitjum áfram
- Keep on Sitting Here
- Hroki
- Arrogance
- Miðnætti
- Midnight
- Í þakskegginu
- In the Eaves
- Festingin
- The Firmament
- Ekkert
- Nothing
- Myrkrið
- The Dark
- Eilífi morgunn
- Eternal Morning
- Brotasýn
- Fragmented View
- Andartak
- Each Breath
- Ljósið
- Light
- Skugginn
- The Shadow
- Frelsið er spurn
- Freedom is a Question
- Vængjað ljón
- Winged Lion
- Stofn
- Bole
- Óður
- Ode
- Gamla höfnin
- The Old Harbour
- Ljóðorkuþörf
- Poem-Energy-Need
- Við fljót og strönd
- By River and Ocean
- Tilkynning frá Heimsþingi Demantanna
- Announcement from the International Assembly of Diamonds
- Biographical Notes