by Herberto Helder · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9789723704532
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«Doze nós numa corda» is a collection of poems by Herberto Helder, published by Assírio & Alvim in paperback (159 pages, in Portuguese).
The book brings together poems that Herberto Helder renders into Portuguese, understanding translation as comprehension, adaptation and recreation of the original. The author takes the texts apart and rebuilds them with sensitivity and rigor, challenging the idea that poetry is untranslatable.
The subtitle on the cover is «poemas mudados para português»; the edition was published in Lisbon in 1997.
For readers of poetry and for those interested in literary translation as creative recreation.
Herberto Helder de Oliveira was a Portuguese poet often considered the most important Portuguese poet of the second half of the 20th century.
