AUDEN (Wystan Hugh, 1907-1973, British born American Poet)

Fine Autograph Letter Signed ‘Wystan Auden’, to Mr. [Branko] Brusar offering “to collaborate in your project if I can find the time. Obviously, as with the spsce poem, all you need me for is to add a few touches to your translation and, whatever contract we make, my role and percentage will be minor...”, 1 side A4, Berlin-Dahlem, Hubertusbadenstrasse 43, Germany, 1st March, no year given.

Nikola ŠOP [pronounced shop] (1904-1982), was a Bosnian and Yugoslav poet. He was also a Christian mystic, schoolteacher and translator of the Latin classics. Šop’s poems were published in Encounter in the 1960s. These include two long poems, Cottages in Space (November 1969) and Space Scene With Rooster (June 1971), all redone by Auden and co-signed with his name as translator. A pocket edition of these and other poems, entitled Auden’s Šop was published by the Croatian Writers’ Association in 1997.
Branko S. BRUSAR was a Croatian literary translator.

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Stock No:  42015      £425

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