Nikos Engonopoulos. Cafés and Comets after Midnight and Other Poems. Translated by David Connolly. Modern Greek Classics. Athens: Αiora Press, 2020. 135 p. [Bilingual edition]. <Poetry>

ISBN 9786185369149

Connolly, David. Introduction (pp. 11-20).

From Do Not Distract the Driver: “Polyxeni” (pp. 22-23); “Amazons” (pp. 24-25); “Perhaps” (pp. 26-27); “The Airport’s Wooden Idols” (pp. 28-29).

From The Clavicembalos of Silence: “A Flute in the Hecatomb Yard” (pp. 30-31); “Parapluis” (pp. 32-37); “On the Mountains of Myoupolis” I (pp. 38-41), II (pp. 40-45), III (pp. 46-47); “Consequence” (pp. 48-53); “Morning Song” (pp. 54-59).

From The Return of the Birds: “A Soldier’s Song” (pp. 60-69); “Love’s Snare” (pp. 70-73); “The Last Appearance of Judas Iscariot” (pp. 78-79); “‘Souvenir of Constantinople’” (pp. 80-83); “Stateless Forcibly Deported” (pp. 84-87).

From Eleusis: “Cafés and Comets after Midnight” (pp. 88-91).

From In the Flourishing Greek Tongue: “Lady Celeste” (pp. 92-93); “Orpheus Xenophobe” (pp. 94-95).

From In the Vale of Roseries: “Poem-imitation of Numerous Hymns Suitable for an All-male Choir to Ecclesiastical Music by Johann Sebastian Bach” (pp. 96-103); “The Icon” (pp. 104-105); “On the Holy Jews” (pp. 106-109); “The Cricket” (pp. 110-115); “Concerning Hamadryads” (pp. 116-117); “The Poem of Esther Bessalel” (pp.118-123); “The Surprise” (pp. 124-125).

Self-portrait 1935 (p. 126); Chronology (pp. 127-132); Book-length Engliish Translations (p. 133); Index of Greek Titles (p. 135).