Issue 84 |
Spring 2001

translation of Here There Was Once a Country by Vénus Khory-Ghata by Marilyn Hacker

by Staff

Marilyn Hacker, translation of
Here There Was Once a Country, poems by Vénus Khoury-Ghata: A searing translation of the poems of a prolific Lebanese writer who has always straddled two cultures, the Arabic and the French. Hacker luminously brings to life Khoury-Ghata's intimate, mysterious, and unique voice. (Oberlin)