{"product_id":"9781912631414-peacemakers","title":"The Peacemakers","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA new edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Peacemakers\u003c\/i\u003e, which includes some of Waldo Williams' most celebrated poems. It comprises the Welsh-language originals plus parallel English translations by esteemed poet and translator Tony Conran. First published by Gomer in 1999 but out of print for many years. New foreword.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWaldo Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (1904–1971) is considered one of the \u003cb\u003emost important Welsh poets of the twentieth century\u003c\/b\u003e. He was a \u003cb\u003efolk poet\u003c\/b\u003e who wrote about the people and \u003cb\u003eway of life\u003c\/b\u003e in west Wales, about \u003cb\u003epacifism\u003c\/b\u003e and the \u003cb\u003ebrotherhood of all peoples\u003c\/b\u003e. Those who share his deeply held principles regard him as a \u003cb\u003evisionary \u003c\/b\u003eand literary critics have found his poems some of the \u003cb\u003emost rewarding and challenging of the twentieth century\u003c\/b\u003e. There are more books about Waldo than almost any other Welsh-language poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cb\u003enew edition\u003c\/b\u003e of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Peacemakers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e comprises his \u003cb\u003eoriginal Welsh-language poems alongside parallel translations into English by esteemed poet and translator Tony Conran\u003c\/b\u003e. It includes some of Waldo’s most important poems and was first published by Gomer Press in 1997, but has been out of print for many years. It will be of interest to anyone who seeks \u003cb\u003ean entry-point to his work\u003c\/b\u003e, as well as those interested in twentieth-century poetry in general, pacifism or Welsh identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJim Perrin has said of Williams, ‘At his outstanding best, \u003cb\u003ehis verse has a mystical intensity and a calm beauty of vision that are powerfully sustaining and memorable\u003c\/b\u003e’. For John Osmond, ‘\u003cb\u003eEven read in translation\u003c\/b\u003e – and Waldo has been fortunate in his translators – \u003cb\u003ehis poetry is of the highest quality\u003c\/b\u003e in terms of \u003cb\u003eintelligence\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003elove\u003c\/b\u003e, and above all \u003cb\u003ea numinous awareness\u003c\/b\u003e.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40811362451553,"sku":"9781912631414","price":10.93,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28736502.jpg?v=1722845674","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781912631414-peacemakers","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}