Sunday, December 19, 2021

LOOK WHAT I GOT IN THE MAIL YESTERDAY!! A SIGNED COPY OF MIROSLAV HOLUB'S FIRST EDITION POETRY COLLECTION!!!

Just a week ago, I had discovered the renowned Czech poet MIROSLAV HOLUB for myself and had translated one of his poems into Kannada.  As is my wont I wanted to see if any of his books of translated poems are available on amazon.  I found his Collected Translations, the price of which was rather steep for me and there was this collection called SAGITTAL SECTION, a used volume, the price of which I felt was within my range and it would be delivered within the week.  I pressed ‘go.’  And it went and came to me yesterday.  It was a used volume in good condition and it was a ‘first edition’ to boot ... 1980!!  And as I flipped the pages, I found something written on the second page and I opened that page and read it ... I was stunned, surprised, and elated ... MIROSLAV HOLUB’s signature!!!  He had written a few words for a fan or somebody he knew ... and his signature at the bottom ... OOOF MAAN!  This was unbelievable ... I know ‘autographed’ books are available for a price from memorabilia shops, but this just fell into my lap ... from what I can decipher, the original owner of the book as inscribed by the poet was a PAUL KINKADE ... and the book was signed in OKLAHOMA in 1985 ... 

 

This is incredible!!! 




1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow sir. Much under rated , great writer.