Citizens of Beauty: Poems of Jean Sénac
(Part of the African Humanities and the Arts (AHA) Series)
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Now available in English for the first time, translated by the poet Jack Hirschman, this beautiful collection of poems by the Algerian poet Jean S nac (1926-1973) was originally published when he was forty-one. S nac represented the hope of the new generation of Algerians who were celebrating their independence from France after 130 years of colonialism, and in the tradition of Ren Char and the early Albert Camus, he portrayed an Algeria whose land and people would finally sing with their own voice. S nac celebrates revolution, love, and the body, beginning with the resonant verses: "And now we'll sing love / for there's no Revolution without love." He sang, as well, of beauty: "No morning without smiling. / Beauty on our lips is one continuous fruit."
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1611861993
ISBN13:9781611861990
Release Date:April 2016
Publisher:Michigan State University Press
Length:82 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"
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