Geoffrey Brock

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Translated Books

Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi
“Brock has remained faithful to Collodi’s style.” —Umberto Eco

Skylark Farm, by Antonia Arslan
“An Armenian Schindler’s List.” —Kirkus (starred review)

The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, by Umberto Eco
“The translation is truly excellent.” —Tim Parks, NYRB

K., by Roberto Calasso
“Superbly translated.” —Jonathan Lethem, New York Times

The Zürau Aphorisms, by Franz Kafka
With an introduction and afterword by Roberto Calasso

Disaffections: Complete Poems 1930-1950, by Cesare Pavese
“Superb translations of a major poet.” —Philip Levine

Essays and Interviews on Translation

Interview with The Modern Word
Interview with Poetry Santa Cruz
Walking with Pavese -- Introduction to Disaffections
Il ritmo del mio fantasticare: Pavese’s Meter in Translation

Anthologies that Include My Translations

The Faber Book of 20th-Century Italian Poems
This Art: A Copper Canyon Ars Poetica Anthology

My Translations on the Web

In the Fog -- by Giovanni Pascoli, from Poetry Magazine
Ancestors -- by Cesare Pavese, from the Academy of American Poets
Creation -- by Cesare Pavese, from the Copper Canyon website
The House -- by Cesare Pavese, from the Copper Canyon website
Sonnet -- by Etienne Jodelle, from Modern Poetry in Translation
Sonnet -- by Remy Belleau, from Modern Poetry in Translation
Three poems -- by Cesare Pavese, from Five Points
Three Sonnets -- by Etienne Jodelle, from Modern Poetry in Translation
Two Poems for T. -- by Cesare Pavese, from Verse Daily
A Winter Noon -- by Umberto Saba, from New England Review

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