Leaving everything behind is not always a free choice – this isn’t the year of the hare, the open road doesn’t necessarily lead to freedom. When hunger and death drive you out of your home in the depths of winter, you might…
Finland 100: The year of the hunger
Tagged with: Aki Ollikainen, Emily Jeremiah, Finland 100, Finnish, Fleur Jeremiah, Nälkävuosi, Peirene Press, Translation, White Hunger
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Posted in books, Finland 100, translation
Rumi’s greatest love
Today’s a day to celebrate all kinds of love, and here are some poems for it that you’ve probably never seen. Rumi’s Persian work is very well known and loved in the English-speaking world, but he also wrote in Arabic.…
Tagged with: Anthony A. Lee, Arabic, Love is my Savior, Michigan State University Press, Nesreen Akharkhavari, Persian, Poetry, Rumi, Translation, Valentine's Day
Posted in books, faith, poetry, translation
Posted in books, faith, poetry, translation
At twighlight they return
Time moves in a spiral, as each birth or death is connected to the ones before it and the ones after it. The old stories and the old ways are still very much alive – change is only just about…
Tagged with: At Twilight they Return, David Connolly, Greek, Translation, Yale University Press, Zyranna Zateli
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Posted in books, translation
Written in the dark
After the Siege of Leningrad, it has taken seven decades for these poems to be published. The blockade was horrific: at least 600,000 civilians had died by the time it was over on 27 January 1944. It’s no surprise the reality of…
Tagged with: Anand Dibble, Ben Felker-Quinn, Charles Swank, Elena Marttila, Eugene Ostashevsky, Gennady Gor, Matvei Yankelevich, Pavel Zaltsman, Polina Barskova, Russian, Sergei Rudakov, Siege of Leningrad, Translation, Ugly Duckling Presse, Written in the Dark
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Posted in books, history, poetry, translation
Finland 100: The Year of the Hare
Sometimes – especially in January? – it’s all too much, and you just want to get away from it all. Quit the job, leave your partner and home behind, and escape. Just head north and live in the forest, from…
Tagged with: Arto Paasilinna, Finland 100, Finnish, Gasellit, Herbert Lomas, Jäniksen vuosi, The Year of the Hare, Translation
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Posted in books, Finland 100, translation
Islands of Protest
This book will make you angry, and sad, and want to act, at least it did me. Coming from a small country where people were made to wear a sign around their neck if they spoke their native language…
Tagged with: Davinder L. Bhowmik, Islands of Protest, Japanese, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Ryukyuan languages, Steve Rabson, Translation
Posted in books, poetry, short stories, theatre, translation
Posted in books, poetry, short stories, theatre, translation
A seed, knocking
A Mordovian winter seems endless, especially if you are going to see seven of them in succession, and not by choice. But under the snow, a seed is knocking: This strong collection of poems from Latvian writer Knuts Skujenieks, could not be…
Tagged with: Bitite Vinklers, Knuts Skujenieks, Latvian, Poetry, Seed in Snow, Translation
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Posted in books, poetry, translation
A new year’s resolution: translate more poetry
After three days of the new year, how are your resolutions shaping up? There’s still time to make a new one, and join the Poetry Translation Centre in translating some amazing poetry from around the world. You can join the PTC…
Tagged with: Bernard O'Donoghue, Choman Hardi, Dari, Dilawar KAradahi, Hindi, Kurdish, Lucy Rosenstein, Mohan Rana, New Year's resolutions, Partaw Naderi, Poetry, Poetry Translation Centre, Sara Maguire, Yama Yari
Posted in international, poetry, translation
Posted in international, poetry, translation
The White Islands
This is a book for anyone whose parents or grandparents came from somewhere else, especially if they did not move by choice. White Islands/Las Islas Blancas is a beautiful bilingual edition of Agosín’s poetry and Nanfito’s translations, brimming with memories handed down…
Tagged with: books, Jacqueline Nanfito, Ladino, Marjorie Agosín, Poetry, Sephardic Jews, Spanish, The White Islands, Translation
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Posted in books, poetry, translation
the carol that travelled
This is one of the most beloved carols in the Nordic countries, but the tune is from Central Europe and it has travelled across the Atlantic in English translations. So why haven’t you heard of it yet? Maybe it’s because…
Tagged with: Aarberg, Bernhard Ingemann, Christmas Carols, Danish, Dejlig er jorden, Fairest Lord Jesus, Finnish, German, Härlig är jorden, maa on niin kaunis, Schönster Herr Jesu, Swedish
Posted in Christmas, history, international, music, translation
Posted in Christmas, history, international, music, translation
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