If you’re still looking for somewhere to go on holiday this summer, why not try Estonia’s second largest island, Hiiumaa, which looks like a lovely peaceful place where you can get really close to nature? Read this book before you…
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Finland 100: The wolf’s bride
Tagged with: 101 kirjaa, Aino Kallas, Alex Matson, Finland 100, Finnish, Sudenmorsian, The Wolf's Bride
Posted in books, Finland 100, Folklore, gender, theatre, translation
Posted in books, Finland 100, Folklore, gender, theatre, translation
Finland 100: Minna Canth
This beautiful book (cover design by Anu Tuominen) is one of 12 classics republished by WSOY to celebrate Finland’s 100th anniversary. Minna Canth, the author of Työmiehen vaimo/The worker’s wife, died 120 years ago this Friday, so she didn’t live to…
Tagged with: Anu Tuominen, Finland 100, Finnish, Minna Canth, theatre, Translation, Työmiehen vaimo, WSOY
Posted in books, Finland 100, theatre, translation
Posted in books, Finland 100, theatre, 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
Shakespeare 400: Sonnets in translation
Shakespeare died 4 centuries ago this year, and the English celebrations have begun in style. Translations of some of his best loved work show how he has captured the global imagination – and been localised along the way. Shakespeare’s Globe…
Tagged with: Christa Schuenke, German, Globe Theatre, Polish, Shakespeare, Stanisław Barańczak, Translation
Posted in literature, poetry, theatre, translation
Posted in literature, poetry, theatre, translation
Drama in Wrocław: European Capital of Culture 2016
Wake up! Wrocław is the new European capital of culture, and a year of celebrations kicks off this weekend. It is a gorgeous city with a complex cultural history – go if you haven’t yet – which has produced some world-class…
Tagged with: Adam Czerniawski, European Capital of Culture, Gerhart Hauptmann, German, Kafka, Mary Morison, Polish, Tadeusz Różewicz, The Trap, The Weavers, theatre, Translation, Wrocław
Posted in literature, theatre, translation
Posted in literature, theatre, translation
“born of love, not hatred”: Anne Carson’s Antigone
Yes, I did go to see Antigone at the Edinburgh Festival because Juliette Binoche was in the title role (I loved her work with Kieslowski, though unfortunately this time, images from Chocolat kept surfacing in my mind). And I made a discovery: Anne Carson’s new…
Tagged with: Anne Carson, Antigone, Antigonick, Bianca Stone, Bloodaxe, Edinburgh Festival, Greek, Oberon Classics, Sophokles, Translation
Posted in books, Edinburgh Festival, Illustration, theatre
Posted in books, Edinburgh Festival, Illustration, theatre
