Peter Russell All for Wolves Signed Lalic 1984 Poems Poetry UK Literature
Peter Russell ALL FOR THE WOLVES: SELECTED POEMS 1947 – 1975 Anvil Press Poetry, London, 1984. First edition. Hard cover with dust jacket (a little soiled), fine condition. Size: 21,9 x 14 cm. Pp. 151. The copy is inscribed by the author, to Serbian poet Ivan V. Lalic: ‘’For Ivan V. Lalic / in whose world of spirit / I fell very much at home – / and so, full of gratitude and / admiration / Peter Russell / Beograd, 1989.‘’ . For condition, see photos/scans.
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Irwin Peter Russell (16 September 1921 – 22 January 2003) was a British poet, translator and critic. He spent the first half of his life—apart from war service—based in Kent and London, being the proprietor of a series of bookshops, editing the influential literary magazine Nine and being part of the literary scene. During World War II he served in the Royal Artillery as an intelligence officer in India and Burma, he left the army with the rank of major. After the war, he studied English at Queen Mary College, London. He left without taking a degree. Russell translated varied works from several European languages, he also worked in Persian and Arabic; he was the first English translator of Osip Mandelstam. Russell’s view of poetry is unfashionable, traditional in the widest sense, and profoundly challenging. In this collection, he is concerned about the value of the creative mind. His fertile imagination comes into play, and expresses its ability to skillfully picturesque description.
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Ivan V. Lalic (1931 – 1996) was one of the most significant Serbian poets writing after World War II with a reputation as one of the finest European poets of his time. Also one of the leading poets of contemporary neosymbolism poetry in Serbia. He had also been writing essays and literary critics and versifying English and French poetry into Serbian language. Lalic edited few anthologies of poetry. He was sincerely appreciated among colleague poets of his time all over the world as it can be seen in many inscriptions wrote to him on books he received as sign of respect and appreciation.
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