Ship of Gold

A legend of 19th century French Canadian poetry, Émile Nelligan was only 16 when he fell under the influence of Baudelaire and Rimbaud and began writing taut, confidently surrealistic poems, shot through self-lacerating melancholy. Translating Nelligan’s “essential” poems, along with a sharp introduction contextualizing his legacy as one of the “first poets to write openly about suicide, neurosis, and psychological breakdown,” Marc di Saverio has given us a rivetingly fresh version of Nelligan for a new generation.

O legenda a poeziei canadiene franceze din secolul al XIX-lea, Émile Nelligan avea doar 16 ani cand a cazut sub influenta lui Baudelaire si Rimbaud si a inceput sa scrie poezii tari, suprarealiste cu incredere, impuscate prin melancolie auto-laceranta. Traducand poeziile „esentiale” ale lui Nelligan, impreuna cu o introducere ascutita, contextualizandu-i mostenirea ca fiind unul dintre „primii poeti care au scris deschis despre sinucidere, nevroza si defectiune psihologica”, Marc di Saverio ne-a oferit o versiune fascinanta a lui Nelligan pentru o noua generaţie.