{"product_id":"perfect-blemish-perffaith-nam-new-selected-poems-1995-2007-dau-ddetholiad-cherddi-newydd-1995-2007-9781852247799","title":"Perfect Blemish \/ Perffaith Nam: New \u0026 Selected Poems 1995-2007 \/ Dau Ddetholiad \u0026 Cherddi Newydd 1995-2007","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Menna Elfyn\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloodaxe Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloodaxe Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMenna Elfyn is the best-known, most travelled and most translated of all Welsh-language poets. The extraordinary international range of her subjects, breathtaking inventiveness and generosity of vision place her among Europe's leading poets. This dual-language edition of her later poetry includes all her work from \u003cem\u003eCell Angel\u003c\/em\u003e (1996) and \u003cem\u003eBlind Man's Kiss \/ Cusan Dyn Dall \u003c\/em\u003e(2001), as well as the first English translations of \u003cem\u003ePerffaith Nam\u003c\/em\u003e (2005) and a selection of new poems. The Welsh originals in this book have facing English translations by Elin ap Hywel, Joseph Clancy, Gillian Clarke, Tony Conran, Nigel Jenkins and Robert Minhinnick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMenna Elfyn has published five dual-language books of poetry with Bloodaxe. Her 2007 retrospective \u003cem\u003ePerfect Blemish: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e was followed by two further Welsh-English collections, \u003cem\u003eMurmur\u003c\/em\u003e (2012), a Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation; and \u003cem\u003eBondo\u003c\/em\u003e (2017). Her hybrid sixth poetry book from Bloodaxe, \u003cem\u003eParch \u003c\/em\u003e(2025), combines translations and self-translations with poetry written direct into English for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloodaxe Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47999789695127,"sku":"9781852247799","price":1240.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781852247799.webp?v=1783601753","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/perfect-blemish-perffaith-nam-new-selected-poems-1995-2007-dau-ddetholiad-cherddi-newydd-1995-2007-9781852247799","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}