老虎的天使

　　This pocket-sized paperback is one of the twenty-four titles published for 2017 Hong Kong International Poetry Nights. The theme of IPHHK2017 is “Ancient Enmity”. IPNHK is one of the most influential international poetry events in Asia. From 22–26 November 2017, over 20 invited poets from various countries will be in Hong Kong to read their works based on the theme “Ancient Enmity.” Included in the anthology and box set, these unique works are presented with Chinese and English translations in bilingual or trilingual formats.

Fear of Snakes   10
懼蛇
 
Barren   12
不育
 
What Comes After   14
以後的事
 
More Last Questions   16
更多般後的問題
 
My Mother Lies Dying   18
我的母親臨終
 
From The Sex Lives of Vegetables
選自《蔬菜的性生活》
 
Lettuce   20
萵苣
 
Onions   22
洋蔥
 
Cabbages   24
甘藍
 
Potatoes
馬鈴薯   26
 
Cucumber   28
黃瓜
 
Peas   30
豌豆
 
Carrots   32
胡蘿蔔
 
Ways of Leaving   34
離開的方式
 
That Kind of Heaviness   38
那種沉重
 
Without Hands   40
沒有手
 
Penis/Bird   44
陰莖/鳥
 
Angel of Tigers   48
老虎的天使
 
Blizzard   50
暴風雪
 
Facts   52
事實

作者簡介



洛爾娜．克羅齊Lorna Crozier

　　曾獲加拿大最負盛名的總督文學獎（詩歌）。她也是許多其它獎項的獲得者，包括三次獲得Pat Lowther年度最佳女性詩集獎，最近一次授予2016年的詩集《犯錯的貓》。由於對加拿大文學的貢獻，她還曾經五次被加拿大的大學授予榮譽博士稱號，包括蒙特利爾的麥吉爾大學。她是維多利亞大學名譽退休教授、加拿大皇家學會會員、加拿大官佐級勳章獲得者，已經出版了十七種詩集。她的詩歌被翻譯成多種語言，有一本書厚度的法語版和西班牙語版，她在各大洲都讀過詩，除了南極。

　　(Canada 加拿大)

　　Lorna Crozier has received Canada’s most prestigious literary award, the Governor General’s Award for poetry. She has been the recipient of many others, including three Pat Lowther Awards for the best book of poetry by a Canadian woman, most recently in 2016 for a collection called The Wrong Cat. She has also been awarded five honourary doctorates from universities across Canada, including McGill University in Montreal, for her contribution to Canadian literature. A Professor Emeritus at the University of Victoria, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and an Officer of the Order of Canada (the country’s highest civilian honour), she has published 17 books of poetry. Her poems have been translated into several languages, including a book-length translation in French and another in Spanish, and she has read in every continent, except Antarctica.