Yannis Ritsos is a poet whose writing life is entwined with the contemporary history of his homeland. Nowhere is this more apparent than in this volume, which presents a series of three diaries in

Diaries of Exile

Yannis Ritsos is a poet whose writing life is entwined with the contemporary history of his homeland. Nowhere is this more apparent than in this volume, which presents a series of three diaries in poetry that Ritsos wrote between 1948 and 1950, during and just after the Greek Civil War, while a political prisoner first on the island of Limnos and then at the infamous camp on Makronisos. Even in this darkest of times, Ritsos dedicated his days to poetry, trusting in writing and in art as collective endeavors capable of resisting oppression and bringing people together across distance and time. These poems offer glimpses into the daily routines of life in exile, the quiet violence Ritsos and his fellow prisoners endured, the fluctuations in the prisonersâ€™ sense of solidarity, and their struggle to maintain humanity through language. This moving volume justifies Ritsosâ€™s reputation as one of the truly important poets in Greeceâ€™s modern literary history.
Country USA
Manufacturer Archipelago
Binding Paperback
Color Grey
ReleaseDate 2013-01-08
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9781935744580

Diaries of Exile