#13. Three Chinese Poets (Wang Wei, Li Bai, and Du Fu), translated by Vikram Seth

[whereweather]

#13. Three Chinese Poets: Translations of poems by Wang Wei, Li Bai, and Du Fu, translated by Vikram Seth
1992, HarperCollins

Here is an interesting double play: a collection of poems by three Tang Dynasty Chinese poets, translated into English by Indian poet and novelist Vikram Seth.

I had not known Seth spoke Chinese (though looking it up on

Comments

[cissa]

Interesting!

I did read "Golden Gate" when it came out, and although I'm generally not a big poetry fan, I really liked it. I plan on re-reading in the next few years.

Now I'm interested in reading these translations, too. :) Thank you!

[whereweather]

oh, cool! you're welcome.

(that's one of the things i'm really liking about this comm, how people can find interesting things that slot into their interests, that they might not have come across or thought of otherwise. at least, that's been the case for me.)