Now In English! Modern Japanese Literature

Title: Modern Japanese Literature: From 1868 to the Present Day

Author: Various

Translators: Sam Houston Brock, Robert H. Brower, Harold G. Henderson, Howard Hibbon, Glenn Hughes, Baroness Shidzut Ishimoto, Yozan T. Iwasaki, Donald Keene, Ivan Morris, W.H.H. Norman, Shio Sakanishi, G.W. Sargent, Edward Seidensticker, Burton Watson, and Meredith Weatherby. 

Editor: Donald Keene

Now In English! "The Rehearsal of Misunderstanding"

Title: The Rehearsal of Misunderstandings: Three Collections by Contemporary Greek Women Poets

Original Authors: Rhea Galanaki, Jenny Mastoraki, Maria Laina.

Translator: Karen Van Dyck

On April 27, 1967, a group of colonels in Greece took control of the government and installed a dictatorship that would last until 1974. During this period free expression was harshly surpressed. That did not, however, stop writers and artists from speaking out and practising their craft. And this collection of Greek poetry edited and translated by Karen Van Dyck's showcases women's poetry during the Junta.

NIE! "Nothing More To Lose" by Najwan Darwish

Title: Nothing More To Lose
Author: Najwan Darwish

Translator: Kareem James Abu-Zeid 

NIE! "Maria Nephele" by Odysseus Elytis

Title: Maria Nephele: A Poem In Two Voices

Author: Odysseus Elytis

Translator: Athan Anagnostopoulos

While, once again, perusing the stacks at the UT Knoxville library, I cam across a section reserved for Modern Greek, among which the popular poet Odysseus Elytis appeared to have a nearly a full shelf. He did, after all, win the Nobel Prize for literature in 1979. Although he is well known for his work Axion Esti,I chose to read Maria Nephele due to its fascinating structure. And it certainly wasn’t disappointing.