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    Michael Palma

    Michael Palma has published six collections of original poetry and nearly twenty books of translations of modern and contemporary poets. He has received numerous awards, including the Italo Calvino Award from the Translation Center of Columbia University. His most recent book is Faithful in My Fashion: Essays on the Translation of Poetry. He lives in Vermont.

    Michael Palma

    Michael Palma has published six collections of original poetry and nearly twenty books of translations of modern and contemporary poets. He has received numerous awards, including the Italo Calvino Award from the Translation Center of Columbia University. His most recent book is Faithful in My Fashion: Essays on the Translation of Poetry. He lives in Vermont.

    Books by Michael Palma

    • Inferno: A New Verse Translation

      Dante Alighieri, Michael Palma

      Paperback, 2003

      "Palma's wonderfully readable translation comes close to perfection. I'm tempted to call it a miracle."—X. J. Kennedy

    • Inferno: A Norton Critical Edition

      Dante Alighieri, Giuseppe Mazzotta, Michael Palma

      First Edition, Paperback, 2008

      This Norton Critical Edition of Dante’s masterpiece is based on Michael Palma’s verse translation, which is acclaimed for its elegant rendering of Dante’s triple-rhyme scheme into contemporary...

    • Inferno

      Dante Alighieri, Michael Palma

      Paperback, 2020

      About Michael Palma’s translation.

    • Inferno: A New Verse Translation

      Dante Alighieri, Michael Palma

      E Book, 2013

      "Palma's wonderfully readable translation comes close to perfection. I'm tempted to call it a miracle."—X. J. Kennedy

    • Inferno

      Dante Alighieri, Michael Palma

      E Book, 2021

      About Michael Palma’s translation

    • The Divine Comedy

      Dante Alighieri, Michael Palma

      Hardback, 2025

      A masterfully lyrical translation of the complete Commedia that brings Dante’s famous terza rima to contemporary readers

    • The Divine Comedy

      Dante Alighieri, Michael Palma

      E Book

      A masterfully lyrical translation of the complete Commedia that brings Dante’s famous terza rima to contemporary readers

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