{"product_id":"divan-of-ghalib-paperback","title":"Divan of Ghalib - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNachoem Wijnberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Colmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWijinberg reveals that the spirit guiding his hand, in poems at once witty and wise, is none other than the great Mughal poet and the beloved is everywhere on display in this highly original, and angelic, book.--Christopher Merrill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eDivan of Ghalib \u003c\/i\u003eby Dutch poet Nachoem Wijnberg is not an imitation of Ghalib, but written in a form that adopts some core characteristics of the ghazal. Like Ghalib, he is not afraid of simple words and often-used symbols but uses them afresh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNachoem Wijnberg \u003c\/b\u003ehas published sixteen books of poetry and five novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Colmer\u003c\/b\u003e's translations include \u003ci\u003eAdvance Payment \u003c\/i\u003eby Wijnberg and \u003ci\u003eEven Now\u003c\/i\u003e, poems by Hugo Claus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNachoem Wijnberg: Nachoem Wijnberg (Amsterdam, 1961) published 16 books of poetry and 5 novels. His work is translated in many languages. An earlier collection of English translations - by David Colmer - was published by Anvil Poetry Press in the U.K. under the title Advance Payment (2013).\u003cbr\u003eDavid Colmer: David Colmer is an Australian translator of Dutch literature based in Amsterdam. He has won many translation prizes, including the Impac prize for his 2010 translation of Gerbrand Bakker's The Twin and the Independent Foreign Fiction award for his 2012 rendering of Bakker's The Detour. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 156\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 12, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769920553248,"sku":"9781935210856","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/16b37a482d1f8283fdb14d2a5dc24432.webp?v=1780359826","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/divan-of-ghalib-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}