{"product_id":"twelve-stations-paperback","title":"Twelve Stations - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTomasz Rózycki\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBill Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the past is a constant theme in R zycki's work, the present erupts with no less urgency . . . he witnesses the ant-like unimportance of human beings viewed from a cosmic perspective.--Helen Vendler, Harvard University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hero of the mock poem, Grandson, leaves his hometown of Opole, in the western Polish region of Silesia, to organize a family reunion in the Ukraine where his family had lived before World War II--before being forcibly resettled along with many thousands of other Poles. In this, his sixth book, Tomasz R zycki talks back, both to history and to important literary predecessors such as Czeslaw Milosz and Adam Mickiewicz, in language that is as playful as it is masterful. \u003ci\u003eTwelve Stations\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful work of contemporary world poetry by one of its most outstanding practitioners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2004 \u003ci\u003eTwelve Stations\u003c\/i\u003e won the prestigious Koscielski Foundation Prize and was named best Book of the Spring 2004 by the Raczynski Library in Poznan and its translator Bill Johnston received the 2008 Found in Translation Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTomasz R zycki\u003c\/b\u003e also has received the Krzysztof Kamiel Baczynski Prize (1997), the Czas Kultury Prize (1997), The Rainer Maria Rilke Award (1998), and the Joseph Brodskie Prize from Zeszyty Literackie (2006), and has been nominated twice for Poland's most prestigious literary award, the NIKE Prize (2005 and 2007).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTomasz Rózycki\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, critic, and translator living in Opole, Poland. He has published seven books since the mid-1990s, including the Koscielski Prize-winning epic poem \u003ci\u003eDwanascie Stacji\u003c\/i\u003e (Twelve Stations, 2004) and the sonnet cycle \u003ci\u003eKolonie\u003c\/i\u003e (Colonies, 2006), which was nominated for a NIKE Award. \u003ci\u003eThe Forgotten Keys\u003c\/i\u003e, a selection from his first five books translated into English by Mira Rosenthal, was published by Zephyr Press in 2007. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs well as his research in Second Language Studies \u003cb\u003eBill Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e also works as a literary translator; he has translated numerous works from Polish. Johnston has a split appointment with the Department of Comparative Literature, where he teaches classes in translation and literature. Since 2001 he has served as Director of Indiana University's Polish Studies Center.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702143258687,"sku":"9780983297048","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6ec38e17075a263b511e82a27730e258.webp?v=1765023308","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/twelve-stations-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}