The Scattered Papers of Penelope

The Scattered Papers of Penelope is the poet Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke’s first full retrospective collection available in English. Carried over from the Greek by an array of noted translators, including the editor, Karen Van Dyck, Anghelaki-Rooke's poetry is bold, sensual, and brash. This is the definitive work of a major global poetic voice.

About the Author(s)

By Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke and Karen Van Dyck

Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke was born in Athens, Greece, in 1939, and is the author of eighteen books of poetry. Her work has been translated into a dozen languages. She won the Greek National Prize for Poetry in 1985 and the Greek Academy's Poetry Prize in 2000. She divides her time between Athens and the Greek island of Aegina.