Gilgamesh: A New Translation of the Ancient Epic by Sophus Helle

Gilgamesh: A New Translation of the Ancient Epic

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Gilgamesh: A New Translation of the Ancient Epic by Sophus Helle
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Gilgamesh: A New Translation of the Ancient Epic

Yale University Press

Gilgamesh: A New Translation of the Ancient Epic

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A poem for the ages, freshly and accessibly translated by an international rising star, bringing together scholarly precision and poetic grace

"Sophus Helle's new translation . . . [is] a thrilling, enchanting, desperate thing to read."--Nina MacLaughlin, Boston Globe

"Looks to be the last word on this Babylonian masterpiece."--Michael Dirda, Washington Post

Gilgamesh is a Babylonian story about love between men, loss and grief, the confrontation with death; the destruction of nature; insomnia and restlessness, finding peace in one's community, the voice of women, the folly of gods, heroes, and monsters--and more. Translating directly from the Akkadian, Sophus Helle offers a literary translation that reproduces the original epic's poetic effects, including its succinct clarity and enchanting cadence. Millennia after its composition, Gilgamesh continues to speak to us in myriad ways.
Book Details
Publisher:
Yale University Press
ISBN:
9780300268096
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
320
Authors:
Sophus Helle
Published Date:
2022-09-06
Language:
English
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About Sophus Helle

Danish translator and cultural historian Sophus Helle specializes in the literature of ancient Iraq. He holds a PhD in comparative literature from Aarhus University and an MA in Assyriology from the University of Copenhagen, and has been a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University. His English translation Gilgamesh: A New Translation of the Ancient Epic (Yale University Press, 2021), made directly from the Akkadian, was reviewed in the New York Review of Books and the Boston Globe. His translation The Complete Poems of Enheduana, the World's First Author (Yale University Press, 2023) presented the Sumerian high priestess to English-speaking readers. He won the European Young Researcher Award in 2020 and is managing editor of the Library of Babylonian Literature.

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