Moliere: The Complete Richard Wilbur Translations, Volume 1
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- Hardcover
644 pages
- Release Date
18 January 2022
Summary
For the 400th anniversary of Molière’s birth, Richard Wilbur’s unsurpassed translations of Molière’s plays—themselves towering achievements in English verse—are brought together by Library of America in a two-volume edition.
One of the most accomplished American poets of his generation, Richard Wilbur (1921–2017) was also a prolific translator of French and Russian literature. His verse translations of Molière’s plays are especially admired by readers and are still performed today in …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781598537079 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1598537075 |
| Author: | Moliere, Richard Wilbur, Adam Gopnik |
| Publisher: | The Library of America |
| Imprint: | The Library of America |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 644 |
| Release Date: | 18 January 2022 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 134mm |
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About The Author
Moliere
Molière, born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in 1622, is one of the greatest writers of French and European literature. His comedies are still performed today around the world.
Richard Wilbur (1921-2017) was one of the most accomplished American poets of his generation. He was also a prolific translator of French and Russian literature, including the plays of Molière and Racine, and the poetry of Valery, Villon, Baudelaire, and Akhmatova. He was U.S. Poet Laureate in 1987-88 and was the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including two Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry, the National Book Award for Poetry, the Wallace Stevens Award, the Frost Medal, and the Bollingen Prize.
Adam Gopnik has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1986. In 2013 he was awarded the medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture.
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