Olav H. Hauge: Don't Give Me the Whole Truth - Softcover
Olav H. Hauge, born in 1908, is one of Norway's most highly regarded contemporary poets. This extensive selection of his poems is the first to appear in English translation. Though deeply rooted in his own West Norwegian landscape, which he evokes memorably, his poems are of universal not merely local appeal. In their everyday subject-matter, their wry humour and their cool economy, his poems are comparable to those of William Carlos Williams or Brecht, some of whose work he has translated. Hauge's sharpness is that of precise observation and insight, not of metaphorical extravagance. Epigrammatic in their concision yet lyrical in their impulse, his poems have a serenity which makes them unusually rewarding.
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About the Author:
Robin Fulton has lived in Norway since 1973. He is a notable translator of Scandinavian poetry whose versions of Swedish poetry - Aspenström, Espmark, Sjöstrand, Tranströmer and others - received the Artur Lundkvist Award in 1977 and the Swedish Academy Award in 1978. A former editor of the Scottish `Lines Review', his own books of poetry include `Selected Poems 1963-1978' and `Fields of Focus' (1982).
James Greene, whose grandmother was Norwegian, has published translations of the Russian poets `Osip Mandelstam' (1977) and Afanasy Fet, `I Have Come to Greet You' (1982). His first collection of poems `Dead-man's-fall' appeared in 1980. His collaborator Siv Hennum is a graduate of Oslo University.
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- PublisherAnvil Press Poetry
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0856461490
- ISBN 13 9780856461491
- BindingPaperback
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