Pablo Neruda was the pen name of the Chilean writer and
communist politician Ricardo Eliecer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto. He won
the Nobel Prize for literature in 1971 and is the author of The
Heights of Macchu Picchu and World's End.
William Pitt Root is the author of numerous poetry
collections, including Reasons for Going It on Foot, The Storm and
Other Poems, and Trace Elements from a Recurring Kingdom: The First
Five Books of William Pitt Root. He is the recipient of the Guy
Owen Award, three Pushcart Prizes, and the Stanley Kunitz Prize.
Most recently, he has served as the John C. Hodges visiting writer
at the University of Tennessee–Knoxville. He lives in Durango,
Colorado.
In addition to vibrant translations of Neruda’s early odes, William
Pitt Root has given us a fine introduction about why this gathering
matters. In both the original poems and the translations, the high
energy is exciting and clear. And having assimilated Neruda's
seemingly off-handed style in what he calls these 'tall, slender
poetic stalks,' Root has a world of gifts for us that's powerful
and engaging." —James Hoggard, author, Triangles of Light: The
Edward Hopper Poems and The Mayor's Daughter
"Two great voices meet and dance in this sterling new translation.
Bill Pitt Root is the perfect partner for Neruda. Pure joy." —Luís
Urrea, author, Queen of America and The Hummingbird's Daughter
"Sublime Blue is an extraordinary and very welcome collection of
Neruda’s early odes, from those well-known in English to those
unknown. Poet William Pitt Root has done a masterful job of
bringing some of Neruda’s most enigmatic poems into English.
Neruda’s majestic language and vision are rendered here with
passion and eloquence. This is a true gift to poetry." —Marjorie
Agosin, human rights activist and Luella Lamer Slaner professor of
Latin American Studies, Wellesley College
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