The new edition of "The Flowers of Evil" - translated by Kiril Kadiiski - was published in an elegant library layout whose design was conceived by Ivo Rafailov.
The book is part of a series which encompasses the best of the world's poetic heritage, and it is aimed at reaching wider readership. The purpose is to strike the difficult balance between high artistic value and an aesthetically sustained vision while remaining accessible to schoolchildren, students and connoisseurs of poetry.
Charles Pierre Baudelaire was a 19th century French poet, translator, and literary and art critic. Known for his highly controversial, and often dark poetry, as well as his translation of the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Baudelaire's life was filled with drama and strife, from financial disaster to being prosecuted for obscenity and blasphemy. The greatest French poet of the 19th century, Baudelaire was also the first truly modem poet, and his direct and indirect influence on the literature of our time has been immeasurable.
The Flowers of Evil is a collection of poetry by Baudelaire that was first published in 1857. It contains 53 poems which best represent his total work and which have been most successfully rendered into English.
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