The Pearl Diver of Irunmani
AUTHOR
Marc Vincenz
Marc Vincenz seeks nothing less than to track and sing “the forms life takes / as it vanishes and reappears / then as it dissolves.” Marc Vincenz’s The Pearl Diver of Irunmani charts the paths of consciousness on an aquatic journey into the heart of mind and matter. What does it mean to be alive? What does it mean to be alive preparing for death? What animates the soul moments before death? In this collection, Marc Vincenz trans-navigates the oceans of consciousness that contain all the elements of life and death … and rebirth. In a language that is spare and ghostly, the narrator embarks upon finding that pearl of knowledge embedded in the heart of meaning.
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Marc Vincenz is a multi-lingual poet, fiction writer, journalist, translator, editor, musician and artist. He has published over 40 books of poetry, fiction and translation. His recent poetry collections, include, The Pearl Diver of Irunmani, A Splash of Cave Paint, The King of Prussia is Drunk on Stars, Thieves’ Canto, The Mayfly Codex, and forthcoming in 2026 with White Pine Press, No More Animal Poems.
Marc’s translation of award-winning Swiss poet and novelist, Klaus Merz’ selected poems, An Audible Blue: Selected Poems, won the 2023 Massachusetts Book Award for Translated Literature. He translates from the German, Romanian, French and Spanish.
Marc Vincenz is a multi-lingual poet, fiction writer, journalist, translator, editor, musician and artist. He has published over 40 books of poetry, fiction and translation. His recent poetry collections, include, The Pearl Diver of Irunmani, A Splash of Cave Paint, The King of Prussia is Drunk on Stars, Thieves’ Canto, The Mayfly Codex, and forthcoming in 2026 with White Pine Press, No More Animal Poems.
Marc’s translation of award-winning Swiss poet and novelist, Klaus Merz’ selected poems, An Audible Blue: Selected Poems, won the 2023 Massachusetts Book Award for Translated Literature. He translates from the German, Romanian, French and Spanish.