Yannis Ritsos: Selected Poems, 1938-1988

　　Poetry. Translated from the Greek by editors Kimon Friar and Kostas Myrsiades, and many hands. Yannis Ritsos is one of Greece's most prolific, distinguished and celebrated poets whose many honors include the Alfred de Vigny Award (France, 1975) and the Lenin Prize (U.S.S.R., 1977). The work of 17 translators, YANNIS RITSOS: SELECTED POEMS 1938-1988 is a monumental volume that generously represents 50 years of this gigantic poet's work.

作者簡介

　　Yannis Ritsos (1909 – 1990) was a Greek poet and left-wing activist and an active member of the Greek Resistance during World War II.