Tomaz - Paperback

by Tomaz Salamun (Author), Joshua Beckman (Author)

Tomaz is an extended poem assembled by Joshua Beckman from his recorded conversations with one of the foundational figures of the Eastern European avant-garde, Tomaz Salamun. This book includes photographs and translated original poems throughout, some of which are presented for the first time in English, as it covers the first forty years of Salamun's life in his own words.

Poetry.

Author Biography

Joshua Beckman is a poet, translator, and editor in chief of Wave Books. His translations include Micrograms (Wave Books, 2011) by Jorge Carrera Andrade, 5 Meters of Poems (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2010) by Carlos Oquendo de Amat, and Supplication: Selected Poems of John Wieners (Wave Books, 2015), which he co-edited with Robert Dewhurst and CAConrad. His translation of Poker (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2008) by Tomaz Salamun, was a finalist for the PEN America Poetry in Translation Award.