Greener Meadow Selected Poems

"The splendid Milanese poet Luciano Erba, represented here by a selection from his entire oeuvre, is a strong Italian modernist largely unknown in America, translated extremely well by Peter Robinson."--Richard Howard, series editor of theLockert Library of Poetry in Translationand author ofInner Voices: Selected Poems, 1963-2003"For the first time, Peter Robinson makes available in marvelously attuned English translations a generous, judicious, and well-balanced offering of Luciano Erba's poetry from the 1960s to the present. One of the most distinctive voices in Italian poetry of the second half of the twentieth century, Erba merits the attention of English-language readers who will be fortunate to encounter this substantial bilingual collection of his witty, engaging, understated, and refreshingly original verse. The translations are accurate, carefully crafted, and in harmony with the idiom and spirit of the originals."--John P. Welle, University of Notre Dame"Erba's ironic, autobiographical, and imaginative verse deserves to be translated into English. Peter Robinson's fluid translations convey the originality and antirhetorical freshness of Erba's intense, pantheistic vision. And his selection introduces readers to the full spectrum of Erba's long career."--Gaetana Marrone, Princeton UniversityErba, Luciano is the author of 'Greener Meadow Selected Poems', published 2006 under ISBN 9780691127644 and ISBN 0691127646.