Articles tagged "Poetry In Translation"

On Uladzimir Niakliaeu (Mag: Articles)

By Yevgeny Yevtushenko | February 1, 2013

I recently read something that amused me: one poet was suggesting that we name a steamship after every one of his contemporaries. In his imagination, all his friends from the literary world took the shape…...

Translated from Russian by Maria Kozlovskaya

On “Fish Variations” (Dispatches)

By Angus Turvill | July 2, 2012

Fish Variations has a very particular phonetic structure that throws up special challenges for the translator. Here are a few comments on these challenges and how I addressed them. Both original poem and…...

From the Translator: Working with the Author (Dispatches)

By Samantha Schnee | March 30, 2012

Editor's note: Translator Samantha Schnee worked closely with author Carmen Boullosa throughout the translation of the latter's "Sleepless Homeland." The following exchange, with its multiple rounds…...

Celebrating World Poetry Day (Dispatches)

By Susan Harris | March 21, 2012

Today is World Poetry Day, and in celebration we invite you to explore our rich archives. Start with Ilya Kaminsky's brilliant manifesto on poetry in translation, "Correspondences in the Air," from…...

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