Antología poética

Li Bai (701-762), one of the most famous and appreciated poets of the prolific Tang dynasty (618-907), is also currently the most well-known and translated Chinese poet both in the Hispanic world and in a large part of the world. rest of the West. His memorable poems have captivated many of our poets, from Rubén Darío to Gary Snyder, through Ezra Pound and Octavio Paz, as well as generations of readers from almost every corner of the world. Author of musical and imaginative texts, in which the human world and nature are inseparable, he defended a poetry that sang human emotions, the transience of life and the beauty of the world. This bilingual edition presents a selection of one hundred and forty-eight poems, including many of the compositions that, among Chinese readers, earned Li Bai the nickname "The Immortal of Poetry" and elevated him to the heights. of the poetic pantheon together with other classical authors such as his close friend Du Fu, Wang Wei or Bai Juyi.