- Title
- The Wavering Scales
- Author
- Ritsos, Yannis (Ritsos, Giannis)
- Translators
- McKinsey, Martin
- King, Scott
- Other contributor
- Bien, Peter
- Page count
- 31 p.
- Genre
- Poetry
- Material type
- Book
- Place of publication
- Red Wing, Minnesota
- Publisher
- Red Dragonfly Press
- Date of publication
- 2006
- Editorial note
- Note: "Martin McKinsey translated sections 1 through 4. Scott King translated sections 6 through 9. In section 5, the two translators overlaid their approaches."
- Physical description
- Letterpress edition. Acknowledgments: "110 copies printed using Eric Gill's Joanna metal printing type cast by Michael Bixler. The Van Krimpen Open Kapitalen was cast in house. The decapod ornament was drawn by Crous-Vidal. The text paper is Zerkall mould-made. The printed wraps are Khadi cotton."
- Other note
- Acknowledgments: "Sections 2 and 3 were originally published in Yannis Ritsos: Selected Poems, 1938-1988 (BOA Editions, [1989] [{4.3952}]). Section 7 was originally published in Pemmican. "
- ISBNs
- 9781890193607 (letterpress edition)
- 1890193607
- Entry number
- 4.3961
- Last updated
- 2021-10-05
Original Greek text
- Title
- Ποιήματα 1930-1960, Β'
- Collection
- Το παίξιμο της ζυγαριάς (written in Jan. 1943)
- Place of publication
- Αθήνα
- Publisher
- Κέδρος
- Date of publication
- 1961
- Original record
Original record
Yannis Ritsos. The Wavering Scales. Introduction by Peter Bien. Translation by Martin McKinsey & Scott King. Red Wing, MN: Red Dragonfly Press, 2006. 31 p. <Poetry>
ISBN 1890193607; 9781890193607 (letterpress edition)
Note: "Martin McKinsey translated sections 1 through 4. Scott King translated sections 6 through 9. In section 5, the two translators overlaid their approaches."
Acknowledgments: "Sections 2 and 3 were originally published in Yannis Ritsos: Selected Poems, 1938-1988 (BOA Editions, [1989] [{4.3952}]). Section 7 was originally published in Pemmican. 110 copies printed using Eric Gill's Joanna metal printing type cast by Michael Bixler. The Van Krimpen Open Kapitalen was cast in house. The decapod ornament was drawn by Crous-Vidal. The text paper is Zerkall mould-made. The printed wraps are Khadi cotton."
Το παίξιμο της ζυγαριάς - written in Jan. 1943 - in Ποιήματα 1930-1960, Β΄ (Αθήνα: Κέδρος, 1961)