The poems of Sidney West by Juan Gelman and translated by Katherine Hedeen

This is poetry from Argentina.

The poems of Sidney West by Juan Gelman translated by Katherine Hedeen is published by Salt Pub.. This is a Book originally written in Spanish. This was published in 2009.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781844714643E12.

The poems of Sidney West, by Juan Gelman, is a Spanish poetry collection from Argentina, translated by Katherine Hedeen, published by Salt Pub. in 2009. It is an Argentine book by Juan Gelman, built through the invented figure of Sidney West. The collection is a beautiful example of persona as displacement, where grief, humor, exile, and translation-like ventriloquism begin to blur. I would not approach it as a book that needs to be solved or reduced to context before it can begin working. Start with the pressure of the title, the texture of the translated line, and the feeling of a voice making room for itself in English. For this library, the book matters as more than a record of Argentina; it is an invitation to let poetry remain particular, difficult, and alive without asking it to behave like explanation.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

Check out more of the always in-progress translated poetry index here.