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Hammer Blows de David Mandessi Diop

Hammer Blows

Autor David Mandessi Diop
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 feb 2024
In this English translation of Hammer Blows, the famous collection of poems by renowned writer David Diop is presented in all its brilliance and wit.First published in 1956, this powerful collection of poems by David Diop was written during the height of the Negritude movement in France. Posthumously translated into English as Hammer Blows, Diop's voice offers a passionate critique on slavery in the American South and colonialism in Africa.Edited and translated from the French by Simon Mpondo and Frank Jones.'A vigorous use of diction that cuts like a whip, an impassioned and total commitment to the oppressed.' John F. Povey
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781035900718
ISBN-10: 1035900718
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Apollo
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Hammer Blows was the only collection of Diop's poems to be released in his lifetime. Originally published by the literary journal Présence Africaine in French as Coups de pilon.

Notă biografică

David Mandessi Diop was born in Bordeaux, France, in 1927. He was educated at the Lycée Marcelin Berthelot in Paris and spent most of his childhood in France. At the age of 15, his poems began appearing in the literary journal Présence Africaine, with a collection of his poetry, Coups de pilon being published In 1956. The collection was later posthumously translated into English as Hammer Blows. Diop died in 1960.Edited and translated from the French by Simon Mpondo and Frank Jones.Simon Mpondo was a Cameroonian poet, translator, teacher, and an active figure in the Negritude movement alongside J.P. Clark. In 1971, he wrote a book about the movement, From Independence to Freedom: A Study of the Political Thinking of Negro-African Writers in the 1960's. His poetry has also been included in anthologies including the Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry (1963).Frank Jones was one of the most prolific translators of francophone African literature and the winner of the National Book Awards 1971 for his translation of Saint Joan of the Stockyards by Bertoit Brecht.

Recenzii

A vigorous use of diction that cuts like a whip, an impassioned and total commitment to the oppressed.