Description
Book SynopsisSlavko Mihalic (1928-2007) is one of the giants in Croatian literature of the second half of the 20th century. He was an anthologist, publisher, editor, critic, writer for children, authored over twenty books of poetry, and established several literary journals and the literary review
Most (Bridge), which brought Croatian literature to international readers. Bach and Mozart inspired him and the musicality of these masters he applied to the word. Translated into major world languages, Slavko Mihalic is a recipient of numerous literary awards, among them Tin Ujevic, City of Zagreb, Matica Hrvatska, Miroslav Krleža, Goranov Vjenac, Vladimir Nazor and others. The poems in this edition are taken from his last three publications:
Sabrane pjesme (Collected Poems), 1998;
Akordeon (Accordion), 2000; and
Mocvara (Marsh), 2004.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chamber Music (1954)
- Coming Ashore
- Song of the One Condemned to Death
- Eine kleine Nachtmusik
- Otherwise Everything Would Be Meaningless
- The Road to Nonexistence (1956)
- The Most Beautiful Day of My Love
- Beginning of Oblivion (1957)
- Lover’s Flight
- My Life Is Only a Picture
- Fate of a Poet, the Miracle Worker
- Lavish Exile (1959)
- At Night Footsteps Awaken Me
- I Buried Everything in My Heart
- You, the Sea
- Split
- By the Kupa Rivershore
- With You Finally Complete
- Russian Romance
- Seasons of the Year (1961)
- Autumn
- A Chord
- May
- Tuškanac
- Love for the Real Country (1964)
- A Short Fugue
- The Last Supper (1969/1970)
- First Love
- Love Letter
- Sketch
- To a Young Lady Poet
- Morning in Split’s Harbor
- Toward the End of April
- Command
- Orchard of Black Apples (1972)
- Christmas Night 1971
- It Is, It Is Time
- Song of a Young Girl
- A Little Disobedient Poem
- Birth of a Poem
- A Trap for Memories (1977)
- February
- A Beauty Descends From a Poster
- An Aging Poet
- Artist’s Soliloquy
- Master, Blow Out the Candle
- Farewell to Oneself
- Coffee Cantata
- In Praise of the Empty Pocket (1981)
- Ilitsa, When Finally Down Comes the Rain
- You Don’t Know How to Love, How to Hate, Nor Would You Know How to Kill
- If You Write in the Sand
- Spring on Kvaternik Square
- Quiet Stakes (1985)
- Homage to J. S. Bach
- At Parting
- By the Seashore
- Night Wind
- I Walk Through Zrinjevac, the Sea Touches Me
- In the Moonlight
- Cricket
- Out of Step (1987)
- Remembrance of Rain
- Boy With a Ball
- In the Spring
- The First Spring Shower
- The Word
- Madrigal
- A Poem Seeks Its Poet
- Manduševac
- The Street of Childhood
- Mozart’s Magic Coach (1990)
- Evening on Medveš?cak
- Mozart’s Magic Coach
- Questions on Behalf of Birds
- W. A. Mozart
- Guitarist
- Seductive Forest (1992)
- The Eye
- Rain on the Island of Pag
- Open Market Dolac
- Concert in Nature
- Karlovac Train Station
- Open Market in Split
- Scherzo
- Christmas 1991
- Velvety Woman (1993)
- Rain
- The King of Mirrors
- Night Song
- Magician
- Lamp
- A Poem
- Panic
- No Matter What That Means
- Morning in Karlovac
- Words Between Us
- Olive Trees
- Karlovac Diptych (1995)
- Who Am I And Am I
- People Who Sing
- Return to the Sea
- April Tickles My Tongue
- My Soul Is Full of Ancient Trees
- Twilight Promenade
- Poets
- Pandora’s Box?(1997)
- Music of the Roots
- Glagolitic Script
- In the Snow
- Fingers of War
- Solitude
- Gentle Knocking
- A Step—a Tiny Step
- The Last Word of Love
- Depths
- Grass
- August, September
- The End of a Poem Is Its Beginning
- Return to Silence
- Karlovac Phoenix
- Carnival Prince
- Mephisto-Waltz
- Storm at Sea
- Lucifer’s Diary
- Behind My Back
- Time
- Sad Sun
- Home Assignment: the Sun
- Death of a Parrott
- A Kiss of Solitude
- Post operationem
- Revolt of the Flowers
- Court’s Fool
- Trees
- Accordion (2000)
- A Whirl
- Marsh (2004)
- The Chapel of St. Mary of the Snow
- Chiseled into Nothingness
- The Croatian Tongue
- Carnival of Animals
- Keys to Names and Places
- Biographical Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Translator’s Note
- Partial Bibliography
- Awards
- Biographies
- Alphabetical Index of Titles
- Bibliography
