The Blind Man with the Lamp by Tasos Leivaditis (1922-1988) - 2014

Limne, Euboea: Denise Harvey, 2014. Translated into English by T.N. Trakakis. Soft cover, 23 cm, 140 pp. ISBN: 978-960-7120-32-8.

"The Blind Man with the Lamp", originally published in Greek in 1983, is the first English translation of a complete collection of poetry by Leivaditis. A pioneering book of prose-poems, Leivaditis here gives powerful voice to a post-war generation divested of ideologies and illusions, imbued with the pain of loss and mourning, while endlessly questing for something wholly other, indeed for the holy Other. A substantial introduction by the translator situates and reviews the poet and his work within his times with special reference to this present collection.