The poems in this powerful new collection explore the history of conflict and resilience – whether it occurs during the Nazi occupation of Poland, the Balkan wars in Bosnia and Croatia, or within the intimate tableaux of a family's dissonance. Weavin...

"Vital Stream" takes the form of 133 sonnets that revisit six extraordinary months in 1802, a threshold year for William and Dorothy Wordsworth. Parted when they were very young, the siblings eventually set up home together in the Lake District, wher...

I was born in Belgium, I'm Belgian. / But Belgium was never born in me.' So writes Leonard Nolens in 'Place and Date', which captures a mood of political and social disillusionment amid a generation of Dutch-speaking Belgians. And throughout this sel...

Cees Nooteboom wrote the poems that make up "Monk's Eye" on two islands: he began them on the Dutch island of Schiermonnikoog and finished them on the Spanish island of Minorca, where he has spent summers for decades. The poems – which can be read in...

Cees Nooteboom is best known in the English-speaking world for his acclaimed novels, essays, and travel writing; however, Nooteboom has always seen himself first and foremost as a poet. He has said, "without poetry my life would be unthinkable". "Lig...

Cees Nooteboom, best known for his novel "The Following Story", is one of the most distinguished and significant authors living in the Netherlands today. "Self-Portrait of an Other" is one of the most unique and innovative works in his oeuvre. Writte...

Cyprian Norwid, born in 1821 near Warsaw, is one of the most innovative and idiosyncratic figures in Polish literature. His unique poetry is now recognized as among Poland's finest. Adam Czerniawski's selection from all phases of the poet's work beau...

The poetry of Martinus Nijhoff (1894-1953) was distinguished by clarity of language combined with mystical content. His masterpiece Awater, written in 1934, is the most important Dutch poem of the 20th century. This edition of "Awater" features thre...

In its completed form, "Dithyrambs of Dionysus" was Nietzsche's last book. The nine poems of this cycle were composed during 1883-1888 and assembled for publication shortly before his breakdown in 1889. They represent the ultimate visionary poetic st...