The Gentle Genius of Cecile Perin: Poems: 1906-1956 - Perin, Cecile
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Cecile Perin (1877-1956) was born in Reims, France. Widely respected at a time in France when women poets were often ignored, she had her first book published in 1907. She went on to have some 20 plus volumes of her poetry published. Despite this widespread popularity, her work is virtually unknown in the United States. Norman R. Shapiro, multiple award winning and renowned translator, has taken it upon himself to put out the ultimate tribute book to Cecile Perin's poetry. This 720 page selected poems covers all of her published volumes, and presents it in a bi-lingual French-English format.…mehr

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Cecile Perin (1877-1956) was born in Reims, France. Widely respected at a time in France when women poets were often ignored, she had her first book published in 1907. She went on to have some 20 plus volumes of her poetry published. Despite this widespread popularity, her work is virtually unknown in the United States. Norman R. Shapiro, multiple award winning and renowned translator, has taken it upon himself to put out the ultimate tribute book to Cecile Perin's poetry. This 720 page selected poems covers all of her published volumes, and presents it in a bi-lingual French-English format. Introductions and a preface provide the context of the poems and the book.
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Cecile Perin (1877-1956) was born in Reims, France. Her first book of poetry was published in 1906. She eventually had some 20 volumes of poetry published in Paris and France. She died in an auto accident in France in 1956. Despite wide popularity and respect in France, at a time when women poets were often neglected, her poetry is almost unknown in the United States. Norman R. Shapiro has taken on the responsibility to see that she is better known, putting together this 700 page selected poems, covering and selecting from all 20 plus published books.