Aniara – a review of man in time and space – [Engelsk översättning, English translation]

Inbunden bok. Vekerum. 1991. 168 sidor.

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"Harry Martinson's great ANIARA (1959) has long lain under the beautiful veil of the Swedish language, which has clothed its thoughts even as it has closed them off from the wider world. Beyond Scandinavia Martinson's words have been almost as neglected as those of ANIARA's Poetess from Rind:

What lovely words she summoned to her aid.
What lovely words she came upon in Rind.
But merely words they are, and merely wind.

And so they have remained, despite about ten translations into other European languages. Until now.
This complete translation of ANIARA by Stephen Klass and Leif Sjöberg has brought Harry Martinson a new English voice – faithful and clear, playful when his is, grand when his is, observant of his many forms and rhytms, eloquent and passionate in its own language wile always true to his.
The American Scandinavian Foundation (New York) gave its 1986 translation award to Professors Klass and Sjöberg, and on the completion of their work in 1990 Professor Ingvar Holm, President of the HARRY MARTINSON SOCIETY, pronounced it a feat in terms of its sensitivity, inventioness and fidelity.
The illustrations are by Lennart Granberg and, with their delicate Oriental tone, complement Harry Martinson's celebratory vision of Earth."