Olga Broumas
Encyclopedia : O : OL : OLG : Olga Broumas
Olga Broumas (born 1949), is the author of 7 books of poetry, collected in RAVE: 1975-1999, and 4 books of translations of the Greek Nobel Laureate poet Odysseas Elytis, collected in EROS, EROS, EROS, as well as a CD recording of parts of the above, called simply Olga Broumas. She is also known for the innovative practice of co-authoring poetry collections.
Broumas was selected by Stanley Kunitz for the Yale Younger Poets Series in 1977. She is currently Poet-in-Residence and Director of Creative Writing at Brandeis University.
Collections
- Beginning with O (Yale, 1977).
- Soie Sauvage (Copper Canyon, 1979).
- Pastoral Jazz (Copper Canyon, 1983).
- With Jane Miller: Black Holes, Black Stockings (Wesleyan, 1985).
- Perpetua (Copper Canyon, 1989).
- With T. Begley: Sappho’s Gymnasium (Copper Canyon, 1994).
- Rave: Poems, 1975-1999 (Copper Canyon, 1999).
Translations
- What I Love: Selected Poems by Odysseas Elytis (Copper Canyon, 1986).
- The Little Mariner by Odysseas Elytis (Copper Canyon, 1988).
- Eros, Eros, Eros: Selected and Last Poems by Odysseas Elytis (Copper Canyon,1989).
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.