Description
Menno Wigman (1966-2018) is one of the most celebrated poets in the Netherlands, with many awards to his name, and his early death sent shock-waves through the Dutch literary world. His work has been placed in the tradition of European Romanticism. At times echoing Baudelaire, and equally preoccupied with the darker sides of urban life, Wigman has been called the dandy of disillusion. But his poems are never indulgent and tend to move from doubt to recommitment, from ironic detachment to passionate engagement. His work is stormy, full of tension, scathing one moment and tender the next, with an uncompromising self-scrutiny implicit in the undertaking. He offers us poetry as 'divine trauma' a raw lyricism that refuses any easy coming to terms. Now that his work is increasingly appearing in translation, Wigman is beginning to be recognised as an important voice in European poetry.
Author: Menno Wigman, Judith Wilkinson
Publisher: Shearsman Books
Published: 05/15/2020
Pages: 134
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d
ISBN13: 9781848616615
ISBN10: 1848616619
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | European | General
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