Poetry From the November 2007 issue: Only Connect: World Writing from Iowa

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Doris KarevaDoris Kareva

Doris Kareva (b. 1958) is an Estonian poet, editor, and translator. She has published thirteen poetry collections, most recently Shape of Time (2005). A volume of her essays was published in 2007, and her newest volume of poetry, The Cut, will be published in late 2007. Her poems have been translated into more than fifteen languages, including Greek, Thai, and Hindi. In 2003, her collection Mandragora was staged by Tallin City Theatre. Kareva has edited anthologies of Estonian poetry, and translated the work of Auden, Beckett, Dickinson, and Shakespeare. She has twice been awarded the State Cultural Prize, and has received many other awards and honors as well. She currently serves as Secretary General of the Estonian National Commission for UNESCO.

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Translated from EstonianEstonian by Tiina AlemanTiina Aleman

Tiina Aleman is a poet, translator, and editor. She was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1958. She grew up speaking Estonian. She has traveled to Estonia several times, most recently, in February 2007, to participate in a translation seminar in Käsmu. Doris Kareva's translations of her poetry have appeared in Vikerkaar [Rainbow] and in Looming [Creation]. Her translations of Kareva have appeared in the Iowa Review and Dragonfire. She has completed translating two volumes of Kareva's poetry, The Shape of Time [Ajakuju] and Mandragora, and is at work on a third volume, Soul Circle [Hingring], all in collaboration with the poet. She is in search of a publisher.

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