Randy Blasing

Randy Blasing, a former National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellow, is the author of seven books of poetry, including Choice Words: Poems 1970-2005. He is also the eminent translator, alongside Mutlu Konuk, of the renowned Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet. He lives in Lincoln, Rhode Island.

Randy Blasing

Randy Blasing, a former National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellow, is the author of seven books of poetry, including Choice Words: Poems 1970-2005. He is also the eminent translator, alongside Mutlu Konuk, of the renowned Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet. He lives in Lincoln, Rhode Island.

Books by Randy Blasing

  • Poems of Nazim Hikmet

    Nazim Hikmet, Randy Blasing, Mutlu Konuk Blasing, Carolyn Forché

    Revised & Expanded Second Edition, Paperback, 2002

    The definitive selection by the first and foremost modern Turkish poet.
  • Human Landscapes from My Country: An Epic Novel in Verse

    Nazim Hikmet, Randy Blasing, Mutlu Konuk Blasing, Edward Hirsch

    Paperback, 2008

    The complete English translation of Nazim Hikmet's epic masterwork.