{"title":"Kostas Myrsiades","description":"\u003cp\u003eKostas Myrsiades is a professor of Comparative Literature and English at West Chester University. He is also a prolific translator and the first American to win a Gold Medallion from the Hellenic Society of Translators of Literature, given to a scholar by the Greek government. He is the editor of College Literature, which has been the recipient of seven awards from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals, including the Phoenix Award for distinguished editorial achievement. Myrsiades also co-edits the Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora. He has published three translations of poet \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.boaeditions.org\/collections\/yannis-ritsos\" title=\"Yannis Ritsos\"\u003eYannis Ritsos\u003c\/a\u003e: \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.boaeditions.org\/collections\/yannis-ritsos\/products\/selected-poems-of-yannis-ritsos-1\" title=\"Selected Poems 1938-1988\"\u003eSelected Poems: 1938-1988\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ewith \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.boaeditions.org\/collections\/kimon-friar\" title=\"Kimon Friar\"\u003eKimon Friar\u003c\/a\u003e (BOA Editions 1989),\u003cem\u003e Scripture of the Blind \u003c\/em\u003e(Ohio State University Press, 1979)\u003cem\u003e, and Monovasia and the Women of Monemvasia\u003c\/em\u003e (Nostos Books, 1987)\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\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_f3a36c5f-71a6-40b3-89d7-5b5f3e9997be.jpg?v=1525976799","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/collections\/kostas-myrsiades.oembed","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}