{"product_id":"vintage-1977-soviet-book-french-poets-anthology-georgian-trans-givi-gegechkori-tsar-to-soviet-books","title":"Vintage 1977 Soviet Book: French Poets Anthology (Georgian Trans. Givi Gegechkori) | Tsar to Soviet Books","description":"\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"37\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"37\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eRare 1977 Soviet Anthology: \"Poets of France\" (Translated into Georgian by G. Gegechkori)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"39\"\u003eFor collectors of Caucasian publications, translation studies, and classic European verse, this \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"39\" data-index-in-node=\"96\"\u003e1977 original Soviet hardcover anthology\u003c\/b\u003e represents a pinnacle of mid-century Georgian literary publishing. Published in Tbilisi by \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"39\" data-index-in-node=\"228\"\u003eNakaduli\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"39\" data-index-in-node=\"238\"\u003eგამომცემლობა „ნაკადული“ \/ Издательство «Накадули»\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"39\" data-index-in-node=\"290\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"39\" data-index-in-node=\"290\"\u003ePoets of France\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"39\" data-index-in-node=\"307\"\u003eფრანგული პოეზია \/ Поэты Франции\u003c\/i\u003e) compiles over four centuries of French poetic masterworks, translated into Georgian by the acclaimed poet \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"39\" data-index-in-node=\"446\"\u003eGivi Gegechkori\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"40\"\u003eEdited by Gizo Nishnianidze and issued under the auspices of the Writers' Union of Georgia, this 196+ page edition highlights the close literary dialogue between French Symbolism and 20th-century Georgian poetic traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"41\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"41\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFour Centuries of French Masterworks in Georgian Translation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"42\"\u003eGegechkori’s translation choices preserve the precise cadence, rhythm, and lyricism of the original French texts across multiple eras:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"43\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"43,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"43,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eRenaissance \u0026amp; Early Verse:\u003c\/b\u003e François Villon (including \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"43,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"54\"\u003eBallade des dames du temps jadis\u003c\/i\u003e) and Pierre de Ronsard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"43,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"43,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eRomanticism \u0026amp; Parnassian Verse:\u003c\/b\u003e Alphonse de Lamartine, Gérard de Nerval, Alfred de Musset, Alfred de Vigny, Théophile Gautier, and Victor Hugo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"43,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"43,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eSymbolism \u0026amp; Decadence:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Stéphane Mallarmé, Jules Laforgue, and Guillaume Apollinaire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"43,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"43,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eModernism \u0026amp; Surrealism:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Valéry, Max Jacob, Robert Desnos, Paul Éluard, Paul Claudel, Blaise Cendrars, Saint-John Perse, Henri Michaux, and René Char.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"44\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"44\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eComplete Bibliographic Specifications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"45\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"45,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"45,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e ფრანგული პოეზია \/ Поэты Франции (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"45,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"40\"\u003ePoets of France\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"45,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"45,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTranslator:\u003c\/b\u003e Givi Gegechkori (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"45,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"29\"\u003eგივი გეგეჭკორი\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"45,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"45,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eEditor-in-Chief:\u003c\/b\u003e G. Nishnianidze (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"45,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"34\"\u003eგ. ნიშნიანიძე\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"45,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"45,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e \"Nakaduli\" Publishing House (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"45,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"40\"\u003eТбилиси\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"45,4,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"45,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1977 (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"45,5,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"45,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Georgian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"45,6,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"45,6,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Original publisher's hardcover, cloth-backed spine with patterned paper boards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"45,7,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"45,7,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePrint Run \/ Circulation:\u003c\/b\u003e 10,000 copies (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"45,7,0\" data-index-in-node=\"40\"\u003eТираж 10000\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"45,8,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"45,8,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eClassification:\u003c\/b\u003e French Literature in Translation \/ Soviet Poetry Anthologies \/ Georgian Imprints\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"46\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"46\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Preservation Report\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"47\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"47,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"47,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eExterior Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e The decorated hardcover boards are flat, rigid, and clean. Cloth spine is fully intact with sharp extremities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"47,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"47,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eBinding Integrity:\u003c\/b\u003e Firm, square, and tight text block with intact hinges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"47,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"47,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePaper Quality:\u003c\/b\u003e Interior pages are clean and unmarked, exhibiting uniform light cream age-toning typical of late-1970s Soviet paper stocks. Free from marginal notation, underlining, library stamps, or page creases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Tsar to Soviets books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48813264109800,"sku":"USSR0032","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0790\/8743\/6008\/files\/photo_1_2026-07-28_11-26-52.jpg?v=1785224108","url":"https:\/\/tsartosovietsbooks.com\/products\/vintage-1977-soviet-book-french-poets-anthology-georgian-trans-givi-gegechkori-tsar-to-soviet-books","provider":"Tsar to Soviets books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}