This Nobel laureate in literature celebrates the liberating image of the indomitable human spirit and versatility through his poetry. His verses are distinguished by freshness and rich inventiveness. Through his work, the author reveals the profound inner strength and adaptability of human nature. His writing is a tribute to the perseverance and diversity of human experience.
When Mr. Seifert won the Nobel Prize, he told us that the book he wished most to see in print in English was Eight Days, and he declined his The Casting Of Bells royalties for that purpose.Mr. Seifert won the Nobel Prize a year after we published his The Casting Of Bells."Endowed with freshness, sensuality, and rich in inventiveness, his work provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man." --The Nobel Committee
Despite being awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1984, much of Czech poet Jaroslav Seifert's work has yet to be translated into English. Publication of Early Poetry will earn for Seifert well-deserved literary recognition. Seifert's poetry is strongly situated within the Czech literary tradition of Poetism, which evolved into a playful, lighthearted refuge from world history while maintaining an edge of social consciousness.
Although Seifert lived through the many historic turns of his homeland, his was not a political poetry, except in its constant expression of love for his homeland, its beauties and its values. He was the great poet of Prague, of love, of the senses. His work was unpretentious, lyrical yet irreverent, earthy, charming. Seifert was known for the simplicity of his verse, yet his poems are full of surprises, never what at first they seem.
An interconnected collection of poems.
