The definitive selection by the first and foremost modern Turkish poet.A centennial volume, with previously unavailable poems, by Turkey"s greatest poet. Published in celebration of the poet"s one hundredth birthday, this exciting edition of the poems of the Nazim Hikmet (1902-1963) collects work from his four previous selected volumes and adds more than twenty poems never before available in English. The Blasing/Konuk translations, acclaimed for the past quarter-century for their accuracy and grace, convey Hikmet"s compassionate, accessible voice with the subtle music, innovative form, and emotional directness of the originals.