Songbook: The Selected Poems of Umberto Saba (The Margellos World Republic of Letters)

A beautifully translated selection of poems by one of the greatest Italian poets of the twentieth century Umberto Saba’ s reputation in Italy and Europe has steadily grown since his death in 1957, and today he is positioned alongside Eugenio Montale and Giuseppe Ungaretti as one of the three most important Italian poets of the first half of the twentieth century.

Until now, however, English- language readers have had access to only a few examples of this poet’ s work.

This bilingual volume at last brings an extensive and exquisitely translated collection of Saba’ s poems to English- speaking readers.