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books by Attila Jozsef

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1 review
Attila Jozsef

Green Integer, 2006

Attila Jozsef Poems
Jozsef carved up beautifully intense poems, and such ferocity stays pinned down through the translation--

The Iron-Blue Vault: Selected Poems

2 reviews
Attila Jozsef

Bloodaxe Books Ltd, 2000

maybe the best available
Do not believe the editorial review, the Bátki translations are lousy. I am a Hungarian and these are much closer to the originals. To be more precise, no translation comes close to the originals in his case... The Bátki ones are almost mirror translations with no rhyme at all. Maybe one should read them together? Anyway, for one book one should buy this. (Or learn Hungarian... provided one's ...

Perched on Nothing's Branch

41 reviews
Attila Jozsef

White Pine Press, 1999

Deeply Existential, Soulful, Heartfelt Poems
Jozsef Attila (Hungarian way, patronym last name is first) is one of Hungary's most beloved and tragic poets. I first heard of him having lived on a street with his name as a child. As an adult, I obtained poetry books in Hungarian in the 1970s and was impressed with his soulful expressions of tragic reality, deep emotions and natural imagery. The English translations in this volume of 40 poems ...

Attila József Selected Poems

167 reviews
Attila Jozsef

iUniverse, Inc., 2005

Selected Poems
Attila József's Selected Poems is a book of poems that serves as a portal into the life of József. By reading these poems it is evident that the author was a troubled man. Many of the poems revolve around the speaker yearning for his mother's approval and love as can be seen in Too Late for a Eulogy. In this poem he writes how he was sick and his mother would not even take care of him. He also ...

Winter Night: Selected Poems

1 review
Attila Jozsef

Oberlin College Press, 1997

Captures the Language and Soul of a Great Hungarian Poet
When I think of great Hungarian poets whose works can stand the trials of translation, and have a reason to be read outside of Hungary, among the first is Attila Jozsef. American readers of Sylvia Plath will connect with the deeply personal style intoned with tragedy, all ominous, intimate and distant simultaneously. Fans of Walt Whitman and Maya Angelou will hear resonating the tension of the ...