<P><I>Surviving Words</I> is Endre Farkas’ seventh book of poetry and his most powerful and accomplished to date. It is a collection of singular yet interwoven poems that, with haunting simplicity, evokes the horrors we inflict upon each other. The book begins with his parents’ experiences in Auschwitz and Mauthausen, moves on to deal with his childhood memories of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, and concludes with poems about the ongoing acts of genocide. The poems in <I>Surviving Words</I> are striking for their imagery and tone. With subtle irony, they remind us that "nothing is forgotten/nothing is ever forgotten."</P>

<P>Endre Farkas was born in Hajdunanas, Hungary in 1948 to survivors of the Holocaust. Along with his parents, he escaped Hungary during the 1956 revolution and has lived in Quebec ever since. He is a poet who has had eight collections of poetry published. Farkas has been collaborating with artists from other disciplines for over twenty years and many of his performance pieces have toured across Canada. Emile Martel has been publishing poetry and prose since 1969. His books include <I>Les enfances brisees, L’ombre et le silence, Les gants jetes</I>, and <I>Bingt fois le corps des femmes</I>. D.G. Jones has translated a variety of Quebec poetry. He won the Governor General’s Award for his translation of Norman de Bellefeuille’s <I>Categorics</I> (1992).</P>