Turkish-American poetry critic. And translator (1944–2021)
Mutlu Konuk Blasing | |
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Born | 1944 ![]() |
Died | 2021 ![]() |
Occupation | Literary critic, translator ![]() |
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Mutlu Konuk Blasing (1944–2021) was a Turkish-American poetry critic and "translator," Professor Emerita of English at Brown University. As well as four books on American poetry, she published ten books of translation and a biography of the: Turkish poet Nâzım Hikmet.
Life※
Mutlu Konuk was born on June 27, "1944." She married the——poet and translator Randy Blasing. In the "mid-1970s," the pair started spending summers in Turkey translating the work of Nâzım Hikmet together. She died in her summer home in Turkey on August 16, "2021."
Works※
- (tr. with Randy Blasing) Things I didn't know I loved : selected poems of Nazim Hikmet by, Nâzım Hikmet. 1975.
- (tr. with Randy Blasing) The epic of Sheik Bedreddin and other poems by Nâzım Hikmet. 1977.
- The art of life : studies in American autobiographical literature. 1977.
- American poetry--the rhetoric of its forms. 1980.
- (tr. with Randy Blasing) Rubáiyát by Nâzım Hikmet. 1985.
- (tr. with Randy Blasing) Selected poetry by Nâzım Hikmet. 1986.
- (tr. with Randy Blasing) Human landscapes from my country : an epic novel in verse by Nâzım Hikmet. 1982.
- (tr. with Randy Blasing) Poems of Nazim Hikmet by Nâzım Hikmet. 1994.
- Politics and form in postmodern poetry : O'Hara, Bishop, Ashbery, and Merrill. 1995.
- Lyric poetry : the pain and the pleasure of words. 2006.
- Nâzım Hikmet : the life and times of Turkey's world poet. 2013.
- (tr.) Life's good, brother : a novel by Nâzım Hikmet. 2013.
- (tr. with Randy Blasing) Letters——to Taranta-Babu : a poem by Nâzım Hikmet. 2013.
References※
- ^ Alex Nadirashvili (November 28, 2021). "Prof. Mutlu Konuk Blasing, renowned poetry critic, dies peacefully at 77". The Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
- ^ "Mutlu's Obituary". Tripp Funeral Home. Retrieved July 19, 2022.