{"title":"Kimon Friar","description":"\u003cp\u003eKimon Friar immigrated to the United States in 1915, becoming fascinated with the English language and poetry after reading Keats’ \u003cem\u003eOde on a Grecian Urn\u003c\/em\u003e. He received his MA from the University of Michigan and went on to teach English at Adelphi University, New York University, UC Berkeley, and Ohio State University. Friar often organized poetry readings, running the Poetry Center at the YW\/YMHA in New York City for a time and encouraging poets from all walks of life to join in. He is best known for his translation of Nikos Kazantzakis’ epic poem \u003cem\u003eThe Odyssey: A Modern Sequel,\u003c\/em\u003e but published a plethora of other translations including \u003cem\u003eSodom and Gomorrah \u003c\/em\u003e(Nostos Books, 1982) by Nikos Kazantzakis, \u003cem\u003eWith Face to the Wall: Selected Poems by Miltos Sahtouris \u003c\/em\u003e(Charioteer Press, 1968), and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.boaeditions.org\/collections\/yannis-ritsos\/products\/selected-poems-of-yannis-ritsos-1\" title=\"Selected Poems: 1938-1988\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelected Poems: 1938-1988 \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e(BOA Editions, 1989) with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.boaeditions.org\/collections\/kostas-myrsiades\"\u003eKostas Myrsiades\u003c\/a\u003e by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.boaeditions.org\/collections\/yannis-ritsos\" title=\"Yannis Ritsos\"\u003eYannis Ritsos\u003c\/a\u003e. Friar won grants from the Ford Foundation and the National Foundation of the Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"selected-poems-of-yannis-ritsos-1","title":"Yannis Ritsos: Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eYannis Ritsos is one of Greece's most prolific, distinguished and celebrated poets whose many honors include the Alfred de Vigny Award (France, 1975) and the Lenin Prize (U.S.S.R., 1977).  \u003cem\u003eYannis Ritsos: Selected Poems 1938-1988\u003c\/em\u003e features more than 440 poems from 43 of Ritsos' short and long poems by the editors, an index of 117 of Ritsos' books of poetry, translation, fiction, essays and drama, and more than 25 illustrations based on Yannis Ritsos' celebrated paintings on rocks.  The work of 17 translators, \u003cem\u003eYannis Ritsos: Selected Poems 1938-1988\u003c\/em\u003e is a monumental volume that generously represents 50 years of this gigantic poet's work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8418926661,"sku":"1-880238-45-4x","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/YANNIS_RITSOS_49be6193-c355-445b-b6cc-b962502041ba.jpg?v=1527683792"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/collections\/YANNIS_RITSOS_large_a1a30a90-e353-481f-99a1-c8eaf59ae06d.jpg?v=1525976687","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/collections\/kimon-friar.oembed","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}