Poems from Bangla Desh: The Voice of a New Nation

Meary James Thurajirajah Tambimuttu, Poems from Bangla Desh: The Voice of a New Nation, London: Lyrebird Press, 1972

pp. 80; hardbound with dustjacket contained in a black slipcase

Signed by Topolski and Tambimuttu. This copy is numbered 47 out of a limited-edition of 50 copies.

Introductory poems by Pablo Neruda and George Seferis. Translated from the Bengali by Pritish Nandy, selected by Tambimuttu, illustrated by Feliks Topolski.

The book celebrates the emergence of the new nation after years of repression and genocide. It includes poems by Ahmad Mansur, Zakial Huq, Asad Choudhury, Daud Haidar, Manzure Maula, Nazim Mahmud, Sanaul Huq, Shamshur Rahman, Sikandar Abu Jafar and many others.

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