Eliot Weinberger. Courtesy Verso Books].
Eliot Weinberger (born February 6, 1949) is a contemporary American poet, essayist, editor, and translator.
Life[]
Weinberger was born in New York City, where he still lives.
Weinberger is primarily known for his essays and political articles, the former characterized by their experimental style, verging on a kind of documentary prose poetry, and the latter highly critical of American politics and foreign policy, particularly during the Bush administration. Weinberger's books of literary writings include Works on Paper, Outside Stories, Written Reaction, Karmic Traces, The Stars, Muhammad, the "serial essay" An Elemental Thing, which was selected by the Village Voice as one of the "20 Best Books of the Year," [1] and, in 2009, Oranges & Peanuts for Sale.
His political articles are collected in 9/12, What I Heard About Iraq, and What Happened Here: Bush Chronicles, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award for criticism and selected for the Times Literary Supplement’s "International Books of the Year."[2] The Guardian (UK) said of What I Heard About Iraq: "Every war has its classic antiwar book, and here is Iraq’s." [3] It has been adapted into a prize-winning theater piece, two cantatas, two prize-winning radio plays, a dance performance, and various art installations; it has appeared on some 100,000 websites, and was read or performed in nearly 100 events throughout the world on March 20, 2006, the anniversary of the invasion.
Weinberger first gained recognition for his translations of the Nobel Prize winning writer and poet Octavio Paz. His many translations of the work of Paz include the Collected Poems 1957-1987, In Light of India, abd Sunstone. Among Weinberger's other translations are Vicente Huidobro's Altazor, Xavier Villaurrutia's Nostalgia for Death and Jorge Luis Borges' Seven Nights
His work regularly appears in translation and has been published in some 30 languages. Collections of his essays have most recently appeared in Russia, Albania, Flemish Belgium, Spain and Germany.
A co-author of a study of Chinese poetry translation, 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, Weinberger is also the editor of Unlock by exiled poet Bei Dao, and of The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry, also a TLS "International Book of the Year." [4] He is the editor of the anthologies American Poetry Since 1950: Innovators & Outsiders and World Beat: International Poetry Now from New Directions.
Recognition[]
In 1992, Weinberger was the inaugural recipient of the PEN/Kolovakos Award for his promotion of Hispanic literature in the U.S.. In 2000, Weinberger became the only U.S. literary writer to be awarded the Order of the Aztec Eagle by the government of Mexico.He is prominently featured in the Visitor’s Key to Iceland, and was chosen by the German organization Dropping Knowledge as one 100 "world’s most innovative thinkers." [5]
His edition of Borges’Selected Non-Fictions received the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism.
Publications[]
Non-fiction[]
- Works on Paper, 1980-1986 (essays). New York: New Directions, 1986.
- Outside Stories (essays). New York: New Directions, 1992.
- Written Reaction: Poetics, politics, polemics, 1979-1995. New York: Marsilio, 1996.
- Anonymous sources: A talk on translators and translation: Lecture. Washington, DC: IDB Cultural Center, 2000.
- Karmic Traces, 1993-1999 (essays). New York: New Directions, 2000.
- 9/12: New York after. Chicago: Prickly Paradigm Press, 2003.
- What I Heard About Iraq. London: Verso, 2005.
- What Happened Here: Bush chronicles. New York: New Directions, 2005; London: Verso, 2006.
- Muhammad. New York & London: Verso, 2006
- An Elemental Thing (essays). New York: New Directions, 2007.
- Oranges and Peanuts for Sale (essays). New York: New Directions, 2009.
- "Photography and Anthropology: A contact sheet" in Human Documents: Eight photographers (edited by Charles Warren). Cambridge, MA: Peabody Museum Press, Harvard University, 2009.
Translated[]
- Octavio Paz, Aguila o sol? = Eagle or Sun?. New York: October House, 1970;
- revised edition. New York: New Directions, 1976.
- Octavio Paz, A Draft of Shadows, and other poems. New York: New Directions, 1979.
- Homero Aridjis, Exaltation of Light. Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, 1981.
- Octavio Paz, Selected Poems. New York: New Directions, 1984.
- Jorge Luis Borges, Seven Nights, New Directions (New York, NY), 1984.
- Octavio Paz, Collected Poems, 1957-1987 (translated with Elizabeth Bishop et al). New York: New Directions, 1987; Manchester, UK: Carcanet, 1988; revised, New York: New Directions, 1991.
- Vicente Huidobro, Altazor. Minneapolis, MN: Graywolf, 1988; :revised edition, Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2003.
- Octavio Paz, A Tree Within. New York: New Directions, 1988.
- Octavio Paz, Sunstone = Piedra de sol. New York: New Directions, 1991.
- Cecilia Vicuña, Unravelling Words and the Weaving of Water. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf, 1992.
- Xavier Villaurrutia, Nostalgia for Death / Octavio Paz, Hieroglyphs of Desire (translated with Esther Allen). Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1992.
- Octavio Paz, In Light of India. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1997.
- Octavio Paz, A Tale of Two Gardens: Poems from India, 1952-1995. New York: New Directions, 1997.
- Octavio Paz, An Erotic Beyond: Sade. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1998.
- Jorge Luis Borges, Selected Non-Fictions, Viking (New York, NY), 1999.
- Bei Dao, Unlock: Poems. New York: New Directions, 2000.
- Octavio Paz & Marie-Jose Paz, Figures & Figurations. New York: New Directions, 2002.
- Bei Dao, The Rose of Time: New & Selected Poems, New Directions (New York, NY), 2010.
- Octavio Paz, The Poems of Octavio Paz. New York: New Directions, 2012.
Edited[]
- Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei: How a Chinese poem is translated (with introduction by Octavio Paz). Mount Kisco, NY: Moyer Bell, 1987.
- Una antologia de la poesia norteamericana desde 1950. Mexico: Ediciones del Equilibrista, 1992.
- American poetry since 1950: Innovators and outsiders: An anthology. New York: Marsilio, 1993.
- The New Directions Book of Classical Chinese Poetry. New York: New Directions, 2003.
- The crafts of Mexico (edited by Margarita de Orellana & Alberto Ruy-Sánchez, guest editor, Eliot Weinberger). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2004.
- World Beat: International poetry now from New Directions. New York: New Directions, 2006.
- Elsewhere. Rochester, NY: Open Letter, 2013.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[6]
See also[]
Poetry Reading by Eliot Weinberger
References[]
- John Palattella, review of Karmic Traces, Boston Review, December, 2000/January, 2001,56–57.
- Contemporary Authors, (Thomson Gale, 2004)
- Scott Saul, review of An Elemental Thing and Oranges and Peanuts for Sale, The Nation, September 30, 2009, .
Notes[]
- ↑ [1] The Village Voice, November 27, 2007
- ↑ [2] Times Online, December 2, 2005
- ↑ [3] The Guardian, 28 May 2005.
- ↑ [4] Times Online, December 5, 2003
- ↑ [5] International Literature Festival Berlin website
- ↑ Search results = au:Eliot Weinberger, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Apr. 17, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- Prose
- What was Formalism?," Jacket #6 (January 1999).
- 'What I heard about Iraq,' London Review of Books, 3 Feb 2005
- What I heard about Iraq in 2005 Weinberger in the London Review of Books 27 Dec 2005
- Notes on Susan Weinberger discusses Susan Sontag on the occasion of the posthumously published (2007) At the Same Time: Essays & Speeches by Susan Sontag
- Audio / video
- Books
- Eliot Weinberger at Amazon.com
- About
- Profile at the Dropping Knowledge website
- Eliot Weinberger profile at the Academy of American Poets
- review of Karmic Traces at Exquisite Corpse.
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