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'Marcel Weyland's new translations in this anthology of Tuwim's poetry are a triumph of a kindred spirit who shares with the Poet his sense of semantic experiment and emotional adventure rarely seen in the world of poetry. Mr Weyland managed yet again. Through his exceptional gift of poetic empathy and intuition, he managed to put another Polish poet into global circulation, claiming for Julian Tuwim his rightful place in the Pantheon of world literature.' (Publication Summary)

'The Boy on the Tricycle - Marcel Weyland's extraordinary story, describes the three shapers of his life: a beautiful woman, their witch's castle home and a national epic poem; his life in three continents and his three professions - architecture, law and his multi-award winning English translations of Polish poetry. He describes how he survived World War Two as one of the refugees saved by the Japanese Diplomat, Chiune Sugihara. The memoir is also the tale of a long-lasting love affair which transcended differences of nationality and religion. The culture and history against which this story is played out are dominant themes of the memoir, including vignettes of prewar eastern Europe, pre-war Japan and wartime China, and the post-war innocence of Sydney. Generously illustrated.' (Publication summary)

 '1944, a small collection of poems titled Out of the Depths originating from the Warsaw Ghetto before its annihilation by the Nazis, reached the West. A metal box containing more poems was found in 1945 buried under the cellar of a ruined Warsaw building. Echoes: Poems of the Holocaust contains Marcel Weyland’s translations of some of these poems as well as his translations of other Polish poets writing about the Holocaust.'

'The following poets are represented in the book: Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Tadeusz Borowski, Władysław Broniewski, Jerzy Ficowski, Łucja Gliksman, Natan Gross, Mieczysław Jastruń, Icchak Kacenelson, Jan Kott, Stanisław Marczak-Oborski, Agnieszka Osiecka, Julian Przyboś, Tadeusz Różewicz, Horacy Safrin, Antoni Słonimski, Władysław Szlengel, Wisława Szymborska, Henryk Vogler, Józef Wittlin.' (Publication Summary)