A Stay at the Sanatorium (Cork 2005 Translation Series)

Hejda, Zbynek. A Stay in a Sanatorium. Poems translated from the Czech by Bernard O'Donoghue from versions by Šimon Danicek. Cork, Southword Editions, 2005. 14 cm x 21 cm. 64 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Signed by author and translator. Includes for example the following poems: In the Summer, Now it's Evening / A Shadow is Cast / Variations on Macha II / I was Supposed to Cross a Bridge / Chinese Poets etc etc. Zbynek Hejda (2 February 1930, Hradec Králové – 16 November 2013, Prague) was a Czech poet, essayist and translator (mainly from English - Emily Dickinson; and German - Georg Trakl, Gottfried Benn), generally recognised as one of the most important Czech writers after the Second World War. (Wikipedia).