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A powerful exploration of memory, culture, and identity through poetry.

Fred D'Aguiar translates cultural and personal memories into evocative poems, spanning from the epic of Gilgamesh to modern icons like C.L.R. James and Aim Csaire. His work navigates classical philosophy and the unpredictable destinies of the New World.

This collection integrates tributes with sharp ironies, revealing D'Aguiar's learned perspective and keen awareness of historical false notes. Experience his passionate response to deep emotions, from desire and love to elegy and celebration. Perfect for poetry enthusiasts and students of Caribbean literature.

Details

Title Translations from Memory
Author Fred D'Aguiar
Binding Paperback
Pages 112
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Carcanet Press
ISBN 9781784106065 / 1784106062
Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
Dimensions 8 x 5.2 x 0.3 in (20.32 x 13.21 x 0.76 cm)
Themes
- Cultural Region: Caribbean
- Cultural Region: Latin America
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Ethnic Orientation: Caribbean
- Event:
- Topical: Black History
- Topical: Lgbt
Category Poetry
Library of Congress subjects Guyanese poetry - 21st century
Dewey Decimal Code 811.6

About the author

Fred D'Aguiar was born in London in 1960 to Guyanese parents. He grew up in Guyana, returning to England in his teens. He trained as a psychiatric nurse before reading African and Caribbean Studies at the University of Kent, Canterbury. He was Judith E. Wilson Fellow at Cambridge University and has been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. He is also the author of four novels, the first of which, The Longest Memory (Pantheon, 1994), won both the David Higham Prize for Fiction and the Whitbread First Novel Award. His plays include High Life (1987) and A Jamaican Airman Foresees His Death (1991), which was performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London. Mr Reasonable was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.

Fred D'Aguiar was Judith E. Wilson Fellow at Cambridge University from 1989-90 and has taught in the United States since 1992, where he has been Visiting Writer at Amherst, Massachusetts (1992-4), Assistant Professor of English at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine (1994-5), and Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Miami. He was Professor of English and Gloria D. Smith Professor of Africana Studies at Virginia Tech State University. In 2015 he became a Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at UCLA.

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