I have a date with death

Author: Liang Liang / Li Yun (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The first foreign modern war poetry anthology in China titled I Have an Appointment with Death—Selected Modern War Poetry from the 20th Century, which collects nearly 500 modern war poems by world-class poets, including 22 Nobel Prize laureates. It comprehensively showcases the insights and reflections of top poets worldwide on modern warfare, allowing us to hear the voice of the earth, the voice of the sky, and the voice of living beings and plants. In the 20th century, nothing was more devastating to humanity than the two World Wars, and nothing was more profound than the reflections on human destiny they sparked. The creation of foreign modern war poetry in the 20th century was uniquely positioned to seize this opportunity. On the path of modernist literary development, it not only poetically documented these two catastrophic human experiences but also vividly captured the poets' deep feelings, perceptions, and reflections on war. Moreover, it pioneered a revolution in poetic form. Metaphorically speaking, 20th-century foreign modern war poetry is like the morning bell, the evening drum, the congealed blood and cries, and also like a "friendly knife." This collection, I Have an Appointment with Death—Selected Modern War Poetry from the 20th Century, is published in China for the first time. I believe every poetry lover will feel its weight, its density, and its solemnity. The poets and their works gathered in this book have had significant influence not only in their own countries but also worldwide. Among these poets, as many as 22 have won the Nobel Prize, demonstrating how precious they are in the realm of contemporary world poetry creation.