The Poems of Octavio Paz is the first retrospective collection of Paz\'s poetry to span his entire writing career from his first published poem, at age seventeen, to his magnificent last poem.
Readers will also find Weinberger\'s capsule biography of Paz, as well as notes on many Poems in Paz\'s own words, taken from various interviews he gave throughout his long and singular life..
Assiduously edited by Eliot Weinberger--who has been translating Paz for over forty years-- The Poems of Octavio Paz also includes translations by the poet-luminaries Elizabeth Bishop, Paul Blackburn, Denise Levertov, Muriel Rukeyser, and Charles Tomlinson.
This landmark bilingual edition contains many Poems that have never been translated into English before, plus new translations based on Paz\'s final revisions.
The Poems of Octavio Paz is the first retrospective collection of Paz\'s poetry to span his entire writing career from his first published poem, at age seventeen, to his magnificent last poem