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Eliot Weinberger

January 21, 2023

Eliot Weinberger (born 6 February 1949 in New York City) is a contemporary American writer, essayist, editor, and translator. He is primarily known for his literary writings (essays) and political articles, the former characterized by their wide-ranging subjects and experimental style, verging on a kind of documentary prose poetry, and the latter highly critical of American politics and foreign policy. His work regularly appears in translation and has been published in more than thirty languages.


Life and work

Weinberger's books of literary writings include Works on Paper, Outside Stories, Written Reaction, Karmic Traces, The Stars, Muhammad, the "serial essay" An Elemental Thing, which was selected by the Village Voice as one of the "20 Best Books of the Year,"[1] Oranges & Peanuts for Sale, The Ghosts of Birds, and Angels & Saints, selected for the Times Literary Supplement "International Books of the Year."[2]

His political articles are collected in 9/12, What I Heard About Iraq, and What Happened Here: Bush Chronicles, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award for criticism and also a TLS "International Books of the Year."[3] The Guardian (UK) said of What I Heard About Iraq: "Every war has its classic antiwar book, and here is Iraq’s."[4] It has been adapted by others into a prize-winning theater piece, two cantatas, two prize-winning radio plays, a dance performance, and various art installations; it appeared on some tens of thousands of websites, and was read or performed in nearly one hundred events throughout the world on 20 March 2006, the anniversary of the invasion. When George W. Bush visited Angela Merkel's hometown of Stralsund, Germany, in July 2006, the local residents protested with a public reading of the text.[5] In 2021, Weinberger was awarded the Jeanette Schocken / Bremerhaven Citizens' Prize for Literature, given biannually to a writer who "sets an example against injustice and violence, against hatred and intolerance." In their citation, the jurors wrote: “In the spirit of Enlightenment, Weinberger acts in these texts as an agent provocateur for a better world, as a great warner against the loss of freedom and human dignity."[6][7]

Weinberger's long collaboration and friendship with the Nobel Prize–winning writer and poet Octavio Paz, which began when Weinberger was a teenager, led to many translations of Paz's work, including The Poems of Octavio Paz, In Light of India, and Sunstone. Among his other translations of Latin American literature are Vicente Huidobro's Altazor, Xavier Villaurrutia's Nostalgia for Death, and Jorge Luis Borges' Seven Nights. His edition of Borges’ Selected Non-Fictions received the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism.

The author of a study of Chinese poetry translation, 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, Weinberger is a translator of the poetry of the poet Bei Dao, and the editor of The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry, also a TLS "International Book of the Year."[8] He is the series editor of Calligrams: Writings from and on China, jointly published by Chinese University of Hong Kong Press and New York Review Books. Among the other books he has edited are the anthologies American Poetry Since 1950: Innovators & Outsiders and World Beat: International Poetry Now from New Directions.

He is a frequent contributor to the London Review of Books and occasional contributor to the New York Review of Books. From 2015 to 2017, he was the literary editor of the Murty Classical Library of India. He serves on the Advisory Boards of the Margellos World Republic of Letters (Yale University Press) and the Board of Directors of New Directions Publishing.

In 2000, Weinberger became the first U.S. literary writer to be awarded the Order of the Aztec Eagle by the government of Mexico.[9] He was chosen by the German organization Dropping Knowledge as one of a hundred "world's most innovative thinkers." At the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival, he was presented as a "Post-National Writer."[10] He lives in New York City.

Selected bibliography

Author

  • Works on Paper, New Directions (New York, NY), 1986.
  • Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, Moyer-Bell (Wakefield, RI), 1987.
  • Outside Stories, New Directions (New York, NY), 1992.
  • Written Reaction: Poetics, Politics, Polemics, Marsilio Publishing, 1996.
  • Karmic Traces, New Directions (New York, NY), 2000.
  • 9/12, Prickly Paradigm Press (Chicago, IL), 2003.
  • What I Heard About Iraq, Verso (London), 2005.
  • The Stars (with Vija Celmins), Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY), 2005.
  • What Happened Here: Bush Chronicles, New Directions (New York, NY), 2005; Verso (London), 2006.
  • Muhammad, Verso (New York, London), 2006
  • An Elemental Thing, New Directions (New York, NY), 2007.
  • Oranges and Peanuts for Sale, New Directions (New York, NY), 2009.
  • Wildlife, Giramondo (Sydney), 2012.
  • Two American Scenes (with Lydia Davis), New Directions (New York, NY) 2013.
  • The Wall, the City, and the World, Readux (Berlin), 2014.
  • The Ghosts of Birds, New Directions (New York, NY), 2016.
  • Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei (expanded edition), New Directions (New York, NY), 2016.
  • Angels & Saints, New Directions (New York, NY), 2020.[11]

Editor

  • Montemora (literary magazine), 1975-1982.
  • Una antologia de la poesia norteamericana desde 1950, Ediciones del Equilibrista (Mexico), 1992.
  • American Poetry Since 1950: Innovators and Outsiders, Marsilio Publishing, 1993.
  • Sulfur #33, (special issue: "Into the Past"), 1993.
  • James Laughlin, Ensayos fortuitos, Ed. Vuelta (Mexico City), 1995.
  • The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry, New Directions (New York, NY), 2003; Anvil (London), 2007.
  • The Crafts of Mexico, edited by Margarita de Orellana, Alberto Ruy-Sánchez; guest editor, Eliot Weinberger. Smithsonian Books, (Washington), 2004.
  • World Beat: International Poetry Now from New Directions, New Directions (New York, NY), 2006.
  • Kenneth Rexroth, Songs of Love, Moon & Wind: Poems from the Chinese, New Directions (New York, NY), 2009.
  • Kenneth Rexroth, Written on the Sky: Poems from the Japanese, New Directions (New York, NY), 2009.
  • Elsewhere, Open Letter (Rochester, NY), 2014.

Editor and translator

  • Octavio Paz, Eagle or Sun?, October House, 1970, revised edition, New Directions (New York, NY), 1976.
  • Octavio Paz, A Draft of Shadows, New Directions (New York, NY), 1980.
  • Homero Aridjis, Exaltation of Light, Boa Editions (Brockport, NY), 1981.
  • Octavio Paz, Selected Poems, New Directions (New York, NY), 1984.
  • Jorge Luis Borges, Seven Nights, New Directions (New York, NY), 1984.
  • Octavio Paz, The Collected Poems 1957-1987, New Directions (New York, NY), 1987; Carcanet (Manchester, UK), 1988; revised New Directions edition, 1991.
  • Vicente Huidobro, Altazor, Graywolf (Minneapolis, MN), 1988, revised edition, Wesleyan University Press (Middletown, CT), 2003.
  • Octavio Paz, A Tree Within, New Directions (New York, NY), 1988.
  • Octavio Paz, Sunstone, New Directions (New York, NY), 1991.
  • Cecilia Vicuña, Unravelling Words and the Weaving of Water, Graywolf (Port Townsend, WA), 1992.
  • Xavier Villaurrutia, Nostalgia for Death, Copper Canyon Press (Port Townsend, WA), 1993.
  • Octavio Paz, In Light of India, Harcourt Brace (New York, NY), 1997.
  • Octavio Paz, A Tale of Two Gardens, New Directions (New York, NY), 1997.
  • Octavio Paz, An Erotic Beyond: Sade, 1998.
  • Jorge Luis Borges, Selected Non-Fictions, Viking (New York, NY), 1999. (individual selections translated by Esther Allen, Suzanne Jill Levine or Weinberger). U.K. edition: The Total Library, Penguin (London), 1999.
  • Bei Dao, Unlock, New Directions (New York, NY), 2000; Anvil (London), 2006. (translations with Iona Man-Cheong)
  • Octavio & Marie-Jose Paz, Figures & Figurations, New Directions (New York, NY), 2002.
  • Bei Dao, The Rose of Time: New & Selected Poems, New Directions (New York, NY), 2010. (various translators)
  • Octavio Paz, The Poems of Octavio Paz, New Directions (New York, NY), 2012.

References

  1. ^ . The Village Voice. November 27, 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-09-13.
  2. ^ Abulafia, David (November 13, 2020). "Books of the Year 2020: Sixty-five writers make their selections from around the world". The Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  3. ^ "International Books of the Year". The Times Literary Supplement. December 2, 2005.
  4. ^ Lezard, Nicholas (27 May 2005). "War: the case against". The Guardian.
  5. ^ "Eliot Weinberger (USA)". International Literature Festival Odessa. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  6. ^ "Jeanette Schocken Preis (Jeanette Schocken Prize - Bremerhaven Citizens' Prize for Literature)".
  7. ^ "Jeanette Schocken Preis 2021 geht an Eliot Weinberger – Bremerhaven.de". Seestadt Bremerhaven (in German). 9 March 2021.
  8. ^ "International Book of the Year". The Times Literary Supplement. December 5, 2003.
  9. ^ . International Literature Festival Berlin. Archived from the original on 2004-12-23.
  10. ^ . PEN American Center. Archived from the original on 2009-09-15. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
  11. ^ "Angels & Saints". www.ndbooks.com. 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2020-12-15.

Further reading

  • Michael Duszat, Donkeys, Spirits, and Imperial Ladies: Enumeration in Eliot Weinberger's Essays, (American Studies: Volume 251), Winter (Heidelberg), 2014.

External links

  • Aden Rolfe Interviews Eliot Weinberger Weinberger in Cordite Poetry Review, 3 May 2016
  • What I heard about Iraq Weinberger in the London Review of Books, 3 Feb 2005
  • What I heard about Iraq in 2005 Weinberger in the London Review of Books 27 Dec 2005
  • The Poetry-Transfigured Essay by Forrest Gander at Harriet

January 21, 2023
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Eliot Weinberger born 6 February 1949 in New York City is a contemporary American writer essayist editor and translator He is primarily known for his literary writings essays and political articles the former characterized by their wide ranging subjects and experimental style verging on a kind of documentary prose poetry and the latter highly critical of American politics and foreign policy His work regularly appears in translation and has been published in more than thirty languages Contents 1 Life and work 2 Selected bibliography 2 1 Author 2 2 Editor 2 3 Editor and translator 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksLife and work EditWeinberger s books of literary writings include Works on Paper Outside Stories Written Reaction Karmic Traces The Stars Muhammad the serial essay An Elemental Thing which was selected by the Village Voice as one of the 20 Best Books of the Year 1 Oranges amp Peanuts for Sale The Ghosts of Birds and Angels amp Saints selected for the Times Literary Supplement International Books of the Year 2 His political articles are collected in 9 12 What I Heard About Iraq and What Happened Here Bush Chronicles a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award for criticism and also a TLS International Books of the Year 3 The Guardian UK said of What I Heard About Iraq Every war has its classic antiwar book and here is Iraq s 4 It has been adapted by others into a prize winning theater piece two cantatas two prize winning radio plays a dance performance and various art installations it appeared on some tens of thousands of websites and was read or performed in nearly one hundred events throughout the world on 20 March 2006 the anniversary of the invasion When George W Bush visited Angela Merkel s hometown of Stralsund Germany in July 2006 the local residents protested with a public reading of the text 5 In 2021 Weinberger was awarded the Jeanette Schocken Bremerhaven Citizens Prize for Literature given biannually to a writer who sets an example against injustice and violence against hatred and intolerance In their citation the jurors wrote In the spirit of Enlightenment Weinberger acts in these texts as an agent provocateur for a better world as a great warner against the loss of freedom and human dignity 6 7 Weinberger s long collaboration and friendship with the Nobel Prize winning writer and poet Octavio Paz which began when Weinberger was a teenager led to many translations of Paz s work including The Poems of Octavio Paz In Light of India and Sunstone Among his other translations of Latin American literature are Vicente Huidobro s Altazor Xavier Villaurrutia s Nostalgia for Death and Jorge Luis Borges Seven Nights His edition of Borges Selected Non Fictions received the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism The author of a study of Chinese poetry translation 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei Weinberger is a translator of the poetry of the poet Bei Dao and the editor of The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry also a TLS International Book of the Year 8 He is the series editor of Calligrams Writings from and on China jointly published by Chinese University of Hong Kong Press and New York Review Books Among the other books he has edited are the anthologies American Poetry Since 1950 Innovators amp Outsiders and World Beat International Poetry Now from New Directions He is a frequent contributor to the London Review of Books and occasional contributor to the New York Review of Books From 2015 to 2017 he was the literary editor of the Murty Classical Library of India He serves on the Advisory Boards of the Margellos World Republic of Letters Yale University Press and the Board of Directors of New Directions Publishing In 2000 Weinberger became the first U S literary writer to be awarded the Order of the Aztec Eagle by the government of Mexico 9 He was chosen by the German organization Dropping Knowledge as one of a hundred world s most innovative thinkers At the 2005 PEN World Voices Festival he was presented as a Post National Writer 10 He lives in New York City Selected bibliography EditAuthor Edit Works on Paper New Directions New York NY 1986 Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei Moyer Bell Wakefield RI 1987 Outside Stories New Directions New York NY 1992 Written Reaction Poetics Politics Polemics Marsilio Publishing 1996 Karmic Traces New Directions New York NY 2000 9 12 Prickly Paradigm Press Chicago IL 2003 What I Heard About Iraq Verso London 2005 The Stars with Vija Celmins Museum of Modern Art New York NY 2005 What Happened Here Bush Chronicles New Directions New York NY 2005 Verso London 2006 Muhammad Verso New York London 2006 An Elemental Thing New Directions New York NY 2007 Oranges and Peanuts for Sale New Directions New York NY 2009 Wildlife Giramondo Sydney 2012 Two American Scenes with Lydia Davis New Directions New York NY 2013 The Wall the City and the World Readux Berlin 2014 The Ghosts of Birds New Directions New York NY 2016 Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei expanded edition New Directions New York NY 2016 Angels amp Saints New Directions New York NY 2020 11 Editor Edit Montemora literary magazine 1975 1982 Una antologia de la poesia norteamericana desde 1950 Ediciones del Equilibrista Mexico 1992 American Poetry Since 1950 Innovators and Outsiders Marsilio Publishing 1993 Sulfur 33 special issue Into the Past 1993 James Laughlin Ensayos fortuitos Ed Vuelta Mexico City 1995 The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry New Directions New York NY 2003 Anvil London 2007 The Crafts of Mexico edited by Margarita de Orellana Alberto Ruy Sanchez guest editor Eliot Weinberger Smithsonian Books Washington 2004 World Beat International Poetry Now from New Directions New Directions New York NY 2006 Kenneth Rexroth Songs of Love Moon amp Wind Poems from the Chinese New Directions New York NY 2009 Kenneth Rexroth Written on the Sky Poems from the Japanese New Directions New York NY 2009 Elsewhere Open Letter Rochester NY 2014 Editor and translator Edit Octavio Paz Eagle or Sun October House 1970 revised edition New Directions New York NY 1976 Octavio Paz A Draft of Shadows New Directions New York NY 1980 Homero Aridjis Exaltation of Light Boa Editions Brockport NY 1981 Octavio Paz Selected Poems New Directions New York NY 1984 Jorge Luis Borges Seven Nights New Directions New York NY 1984 Octavio Paz The Collected Poems 1957 1987 New Directions New York NY 1987 Carcanet Manchester UK 1988 revised New Directions edition 1991 Vicente Huidobro Altazor Graywolf Minneapolis MN 1988 revised edition Wesleyan University Press Middletown CT 2003 Octavio Paz A Tree Within New Directions New York NY 1988 Octavio Paz Sunstone New Directions New York NY 1991 Cecilia Vicuna Unravelling Words and the Weaving of Water Graywolf Port Townsend WA 1992 Xavier Villaurrutia Nostalgia for Death Copper Canyon Press Port Townsend WA 1993 Octavio Paz In Light of India Harcourt Brace New York NY 1997 Octavio Paz A Tale of Two Gardens New Directions New York NY 1997 Octavio Paz An Erotic Beyond Sade 1998 Jorge Luis Borges Selected Non Fictions Viking New York NY 1999 individual selections translated by Esther Allen Suzanne Jill Levine or Weinberger U K edition The Total Library Penguin London 1999 Bei Dao Unlock New Directions New York NY 2000 Anvil London 2006 translations with Iona Man Cheong Octavio amp Marie Jose Paz Figures amp Figurations New Directions New York NY 2002 Bei Dao The Rose of Time New amp Selected Poems New Directions New York NY 2010 various translators Octavio Paz The Poems of Octavio Paz New Directions New York NY 2012 References Edit The Best of 2007 Voice writers pick their favorite 20 books of the year The Village Voice November 27 2007 Archived from the original on 2008 09 13 Abulafia David November 13 2020 Books of the Year 2020 Sixty five writers make their selections from around the world The Times Literary Supplement Retrieved 24 April 2021 International Books of the Year The Times Literary Supplement December 2 2005 Lezard Nicholas 27 May 2005 War the case against The Guardian Eliot Weinberger USA International Literature Festival Odessa Retrieved 2021 04 25 Jeanette Schocken Preis Jeanette Schocken Prize Bremerhaven Citizens Prize for Literature Jeanette Schocken Preis 2021 geht an Eliot Weinberger Bremerhaven de Seestadt Bremerhaven in German 9 March 2021 International Book of the Year The Times Literary Supplement December 5 2003 Elliot Weinberger International Literature Festival Berlin Archived from the original on 2004 12 23 Eliot Weinberger PEN American Center Archived from the original on 2009 09 15 Retrieved 2009 06 16 Angels amp Saints www ndbooks com 2020 09 29 Retrieved 2020 12 15 Further reading EditMichael Duszat Donkeys Spirits and Imperial Ladies Enumeration in Eliot Weinberger s Essays American Studies Volume 251 Winter Heidelberg 2014 External links EditAden Rolfe Interviews Eliot Weinberger Weinberger in Cordite Poetry Review 3 May 2016 What I heard about Iraq Weinberger in the London Review of Books 3 Feb 2005 What I heard about Iraq in 2005 Weinberger in the London Review of Books 27 Dec 2005 The Poetry Transfigured Essay by Forrest Gander at Harriet Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eliot Weinberger amp oldid 1119069800, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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