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"Nest of Echoes: Selected Poems of Pasolini" Author: [Italy] Pier Paolo Pasolini Publisher: Beijing United Publishing Company
"Nest of Echoes: Selected Poems of Pasolini" Author: [Italy] Pier Paolo Pasolini Publisher: Beijing United Publishing Company
Description
Introduction · · · · · ·
※ Morality, poetry, or beauty, I don’t know,
I hold out this rose only to reflect myself.
【Editor's recommendation】
※ The first comprehensive translation of the poems of Pier Paolo Pasolini, the most important Italian intellectual of the 20th century and legendary film master, in China
※ Pasolini is well-known for his unconventional films, but he claims that he always makes films "as a poet". All his creations revolve around poetry, which is the soul of all other forms of creation.
※ In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Pasolini's birth, this book includes representative works from the peak period of Pasolini's poetry creation, as well as a long postscript by the translator and detailed annotations, providing readers with a brief topographic map for an in-depth understanding of Pasolini's poetic world
【Celebrity Recommendation】
Only three or four poets are born in each century... Pasolini will be one of the few poets who matter by the end of this century. - Alberto Moravia
In my opinion, Pasolini is undoubtedly the most outstanding figure in Italian art and literature since World War II, and poetry is the main body of his work. - Susan Sontag
【Content Introduction】
Pier Paolo Pasolini is not only a highly regarded film master, but also has extraordinary attainments in poetry, novels, drama and other fields, and his creations are breathtaking in quantity and quality. He calls his films "poetic films" because in all his works, poetry is at the center, and all his creations revolve around poetry.
"Nest of Echoes: Selected Poems of Pasolini" is a collection of Pasolini's own poems during his lifetime. The selected works are from poetry collections published during the thirteen years from 1951 to 1964, and include most of his representative works during the peak period of his poetry creation in Rome.
About the Author · · · · · ·
Pier Paolo Pasolini
(Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1922-1975)
A famous director, poet, literary critic, and one of the most important Italian intellectuals of the 20th century. Pasolini was talented and produced many works throughout his life. He won many international film awards, which established his status as a world film master. He had extraordinary attainments and achievements in the fields of literature and art. During his lifetime, he published 17 poetry collections, directed 24 films, wrote 21 novels, plays and film scripts, and 6 collections of literary and social criticism.
Liu Guopeng
Associate Research Fellow, Institute of World Religions, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, PhD. Graduated from the Department of Philosophy, Peking University in 1996, received a PhD in Catholic Church History from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy in 2006, and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Paris III-Novo Sorbonne in 2008 Research. His research fields include the history of the modern and contemporary Catholic Church, comparative religion, and comparison of Chinese and Western cultures. He has written "Perseverance and the Localization of Chinese Catholicism" and translated "The Pleasure of Overturning the Boat: Selected Poems of Ungaretti" and Cheeks on Asphalt: Selected Poems of Oldani, Trieste and a Woman, etc.