Selected Poems of Friedrich Hölderlin, translated by Maxine Chernoff and Paul Hoover, has just won the PEN USA Translation Award. Maxine Chernoff and Paul Hoover will receive the award and a $1,000 cash prize at the PEN USA Awards Ceremony in Beverly Hills, CA, on December 2nd. Hölderlin, Friedrich translated by Maxine Chernoff & Paul Hoover Selected Poems of Friedrich Hölderlin 496 pages (6 x 9 paper) German on facing pages ISBN: 9781890650353 $24.95 for more info, or to order: http://www.omnidawn.com/holderlin/index.htm "perfect contemporary pitch" - Rosmarie Waldrop "aptly embodies scholarly authority" - Robert Alter "elegant & fluid translations" - Pierre Joris "This is a book to be treasured." - John Ashbery |
PEN USA TRANSLATION AWARDposted Sep 16, 2009 3:27 PM by John Tranter |