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ISBN: HB: 9780300233346

Yale University Press

November 2019

328 pp.

19.7x12.7 cm

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Greek Ballad

Selected Poems

This is the first English-language collection of work by the renowned Greek poet Michalis Ganas. Originally from a remote village on the northwest border of Greece, Ganas witnessed the Greek Civil War as a young child, and was taken into enforced exile in Eastern Europe with his family. Weaving together subtle references to the events and places that have defined his life's story, Ganas's terse and technically accomplished poems are a combination of folklore, autobiography, and recent history. Whether describing the mountains of his youth or the difficulties of acclimation in Athens of the 1960s and 1970s, Ganas's writing is infused with striking and original imagery inspired by love, memory, and loss.

Featuring expert translations – made in collaboration with Ganas himself – by David Connolly and Joshua Barley, this volume also includes a scholarly introduction to the poet's life and work.

About the Author

Michalis Ganas is an acclaimed Greek poet and lyricist living in Athens.

David Connolly is an award-winning translator and former professor of translation studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Joshua Barley is a translator of Greek literature and a writer, based in Athens.