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Translated by Aaron Poochigian (Liveright,hardcover)

Publication Date:December 7, 2021

Publisher Marketing:On the 200th anniversary of Baudelaires birth comes this stunning landmark translation of the book that launched modern poetry.

A shocking, controversial work in its own time and the most influential book of poetry of the nineteenth centurythe greatest exemplar in modern poetry in any language (T.S. Eliot)Charles BaudelairesThe Flowers of Evilis a gritty, often perverse, exploration of the underbelly of urban modernity.

Acclaimed translator and poet Aaron Poochigian tackles this revolutionary text, one of the most challenging to translate in all of modern poetry, with an ear exquisitely attuned to Baudelaires lyrical innovations and an intuitive feel for the works dark and brooding mood. Poochigians version captures the incantatory, almost magical, effect of the originalreanimating for todays reader Baudelaires unfailing vision that trumpeted the space and light of the future (Patti Smith).

An introduction by Dana Gioia offers a probing reassessment of the supreme artistry of Baudelaires masterpiece, and an afterword by Daniel Handler explores its continued relevance and appeal. This deluxe, dual-language edition allows readers to commune with the original poems and their electric, revelatory translations.