{"title":"Eliot Weinberger","description":"\u003cp\u003eEliot Weinberger was born in New York City, in 1949. He primarily translates Octavio Paz into English. His anthology \u003cem\u003eAmerican Poetry Since 1950: Innovators and Outsiders \u003c\/em\u003e(Marsilio Publishers, 1993) was a bestseller in Mexico, and his edition of Jorge Luis Borges’ \u003cem\u003eSelected Non-Fictions \u003c\/em\u003e(Penguin Books, 1999) received the National Book Critics Circle prize for criticism. He was awarded PEN’s Gregory Kolovakos Award for promoting Hispanic literature in the United States and became the first American literary writer to be awarded the Order of the Aztec Eagle by the government of Mexico. His collection of poetry in translation include \u003cem\u003eA Draft of Shadows and Other Poems \u003c\/em\u003e(New Directions, 1979) and \u003cem\u003eA Tale of Two Gardens \u003c\/em\u003e(New Directions, 1997) by Octavio Paz, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.boaeditions.org\/collections\/translations\/products\/exhaltation-of-light-1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eExaltation of Light\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (BOA Editions, 1976) by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.boaeditions.org\/collections\/homero-aridjis\"\u003eHomero Aridjism\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eUnravelling Words and Weaving Water \u003c\/em\u003e(Graywolf Press, 1992) by Cecilia Vicuña.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"exhaltation-of-light-1","title":"Exaltation of Light","description":"\u003ch4\u003eAvailable in limited quantity\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a first printing of the first paperback edition. \u003cspan\u003eCopies have been archived at BOA Editions, Ltd. since publication and are in very good condition with minimal shelf wearing. Unread. Ideal collector's copy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eExaltation of Light\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In the poetry of Homero Ardjis there is the gaze, the pulse of the poet . . . the discontinuous time of practical and rational life and the continuity of desire and death; there is the poet's personal truth.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Octavio Paz \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author and Translator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHomero Aridjis was born in Contepec, Michoacan, Mexico, in 1940. He was the founder of the review \u003cem\u003eCorrespondencias\u003c\/em\u003e and chief editor of\u003cem\u003e Diagolos\u003c\/em\u003e; his first book of poems in translation, \u003cem\u003eBlue Spaces\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in the United States in 1974. The recipient of Guggenheim Fellowships in 1966-67 and 1979-80, he has been visiting professor at the University of Indiana and New York University as well as Poet in Residence at Columbia University's Translation Center. Homero Aridjis also has served as Mexico's Ambassador to Switzerland and to the Netherlands. These translations have received an award from the Translation Center at Columbia University, made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA native of New York City, Elliot Weinberger is a poet, translator, and editor of the distinguished international journal of poetry and translation, Montemora. His other books of translations include\u003cem\u003e Eagle or Sun\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Draft of Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e, both by Octavio Paz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd. 1981.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":9802160069,"sku":"9780918526298","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/exaltation.jpg?v=1527683257"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/collections\/Eliot_Weinberger_select_6656.ND.jpg?v=1525873432","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/collections\/eliot-weinberger.oembed","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}