Atlantis - Verdaguer, Jacint

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Résumé :
Atlantis is a majestic, epic poem and a lasting jewel of Catalan literary tradition. With a colossal architecture and a descriptive power that creates memorable passages of prodigious beauty - the vision of the garden of the Hesperides and the dream of Queen Isabel are just some examples - this poem was the winner of the Jocs Florals in 1877, the forging work of the modern Catalan literary language, and earned Verdaguer literary recognition in and outside of Catalonia. Today, it remains an essential book in the personal library of every good reader....

Biographie:
Jacint Verdaguer (1845-1902) was a Catalan writer. He was regarded as one of the greatest poets of Catalan literature and was a prominent literary figure of the Renaixen?a. Ronald Puppo is a research fellow at the Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya. He has taught translation and English studies since 1994 and published articles and reviews appearing in Babel, Catalan Review, Translation Review and other journals, as well as book chapters for Reichenberger and Routledge. Translator of several Catalan poets, notably Jacint Verdaguer (1845-1902) and Joan Maragall (1860-1911), his full-length, annotated translation of Verdaguer's foundational epic, Mount Canig?: A tale of Catalonia, was awarded the 2016 Serra d'Or Critics Prize for Research in Catalan Studies. His book One Day of Life is Life (Fum d'Estampa Press, 2020) won the 2021 Ramon Llull Foundation Translation Award....