{"product_id":"north-in-the-world-selected-poems-of-rolf-jacobsen-a-bilingual-edition-paperback","title":"North in the World: Selected Poems of Rolf Jacobsen, A Bilingual Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRolf Jacobsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorth in the World\u003c\/i\u003e presents 121 poems by Rolf Jacobsen (1907-1994), one of Norway's greatest modern poets. Garnering the highest praise of critics, Jacobsen won many of Norway's and Sweden's most prestigious literary awards, including the Swedish Academy's Dobloug Prize and the Grand Nordic Prize, also known as the \"Little Nobel.\" But he also has earned a wide popular audience, because ordinary readers can understand and enjoy the way he explores the complex counterpoint of nature and technology, progress and self-destruction, daily life and cosmic wonder. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing from all twelve of his books, and including one poem collected posthumously, \u003ci\u003eNorth in the World\u003c\/i\u003e offers award-winning English translations of Jacobsen's poems, accompanied by the original Norwegian texts. The translator, the American poet Roger Greenwald, worked with Jacobsen himself to correct errors that had crept into the Norwegian texts over the years. An in-depth introduction by Greenwald highlights the main features of Jacobsen's poetry, and extensive endnotes, as well as indexes to titles and first lines in both languages, enhance the usefulness of the book for general readers and scholars alike. The result is the definitive bilingual edition of Jacobsen's marvelous poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorth in the World\u003c\/i\u003e presents 121 poems by Rolf Jacobsen (1907-1994), one of Norway's greatest modern poets. Garnering the highest praise of critics, Jacobsen won many of Norway's and Sweden's most prestigious literary awards, including the Swedish Academy's Dobloug Prize and the Grand Nordic Prize, also known as the Little Nobel. But he also has earned a wide popular audience, because ordinary readers can understand and enjoy the way he explores the complex counterpoint of nature and technology, progress and self-destruction, daily life and cosmic wonder. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing from all twelve of his books, and including one poem collected posthumously, \u003ci\u003eNorth in the World\u003c\/i\u003e offers award-winning English translations of Jacobsen's poems, accompanied by the original Norwegian texts. The translator, the American poet Roger Greenwald, worked with Jacobsen himself to correct errors that had crept into the Norwegian texts over the years. An in-depth introduction by Greenwald highlights the main features of Jacobsen's poetry, and extensive endnotes, as well as indexes to titles and first lines in both languages, enhance the usefulness of the book for general readers and scholars alike. The result is the definitive bilingual edition of Jacobsen's marvelous poetry.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRolf Jacobsen\u003c\/b\u003e (1907 1994) published twelve books of poetry and six collections; his work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Language and Literature and was awarded the Norwegian Critics' Prize (1960), the Aschehoug Prize (1986), the Dobloug Prize (1968), and the Grand Nordic Prize (1989).\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoger Greenwald \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis the author of two books of poems, \u003ci\u003eConnecting Flight\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSlow Mountain Train\u003c\/i\u003e, and the translator of several works from Scandinavian languages, including \u003ci\u003eGuarding the Air: Selected Poems of Gunnar Harding\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of the CBC Radio\/Saturday Night Literary Award for poetry, as well as of numerous translation prizes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42039527440464,"sku":"9780226333540","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/eXc0V2VNWkVBOVg0a1lObUI1eURXQT09.webp?v=1771841572","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/north-in-the-world-selected-poems-of-rolf-jacobsen-a-bilingual-edition-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}