by Mario Susko (Author)
Solitude, war, exile and suffering are illuminated with unforgettable subtlety, style and detail by Mario Susko, described by Hugh Seidman as "one man speaking before the unalterable and uncaring universe." Susko maintains his spirit of wonder in these vivid and exquisitely crafted poems.
Mario Susko has translated James Baldwin, Saul Bellow and most recently Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass into Croatian. He has won the prestigious Nuove Lettere Premio Internazionale di Poesia e Letteratura, the Council of Europe Award and three Fulbright scholarships.
Author Biography
Born in Sarajevo during WWII, Susko is a witness and survivor of the Bosnian War and was badly wounded while giving interviews to journalists in 1992. Susko has published 66 books which are mostly his translations into Croatian. He has translated 20th-century African American Poetry, fiction by Donald Barthelme, Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, John Hawkes, James Baldwin and many others.
Number of Pages: 128
Dimensions: 0.36 x 8.52 x 6.18 IN
Publication Date: June 01, 2005
