Citizens of beauty : poems of Jean Sénac /
Now available in English for the first time, translated by the poet Jack Hirschman, this beautiful collection of poems by the Algerian poet Jean Sénac was originally published when he was forty-one Sénac represented the hope of the new generation of Algerians who were celebrating their independence...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the French. |
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East Lansing :
Michigan State University Press,
[2016]
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| Series: | African humanities and the arts.
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| Summary: | Now available in English for the first time, translated by the poet Jack Hirschman, this beautiful collection of poems by the Algerian poet Jean Sénac was originally published when he was forty-one Sénac represented the hope of the new generation of Algerians who were celebrating their independence from France after 130 years of colonialism, and in the tradition of René Char and the early Albert Camus, He portrayed an Algeria whose land and people would finally sing with their own voice. Sénac celebrates revolution, love, and the body, beginning with these resonant verses: "And now we'll sing love / for there is no Revolution without love." He sang, as well of beauty: "No morning without smiling. / Beauty on our lips is one continuous fruit." Book jacket. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published under title: Citoyens de beauté. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 69 pages ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781611861990 1611861993 |