Continuing Seren's Discoveries series of exceptional writing in translation, this new collection brings the selected poems of Jean Portante to an English-speaking audience for the first time. Translated by Zoë Skoulding. As a Francophone Luxembourger of Italian descent, Portante's poetry is often concerned with European politics, language, and questions of identity. This dual-language edition collects work from the last 20 years, including work from his 2103 collection Après le tremblement . Jean Portante has written more than 20 books, including collections of poems, short stories, plays, scr... continue
La obra poética de Jean Portante está marcada por pausas, si no teóricas, al menos indicativas de las direcciones tomadas y del significado que esta aventura de poner en palabras una realidad vivida, soñada o imaginada manifiesta a los ojos del poeta.