Copyright 1981, 2000 by Inger Christensen
Translation copyright 2000 by Susanna Nied
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Acknowledgments are due to the editors of the following publications in which extracts from this translation have appeared: New Directions in Poetry and Prose, Out of Denmark. Poetry East, Poetry in Transit, Scandinavian Review, Spor (Copenhagen). Traces (Puris), Translation.
First published in the U.K. by Bloodaxe Books Ltd. First published as a New Directions Paperbook Original (NDP920) in 2001. alphabet was first published in Danish—as alfabet—in 1981 by Cyldendal.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in Publication Data
Christensen, Inger,.1935
[Alfabet. English]
Alphabet / Inger Christensen: translated by Susanna Nied.
p. cm
ISBN 978-0-811-21477-3 pbk.
ISBN 978-0-811-22368-3 (e-book)
1. Nied, Susanna. II. Title
PTR176.13.H727 A1413 2001
839.8117—de21
00-066-423
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