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nonsense in translation: Nina Cassian and the Jabberwocky

Posted on 27 May 2014 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — Leave a comment

Romanian poet Nina Cassian died one month ago today. (Here she is reading her work, and here’s a great poem she wrote in New York exile). She also translated Brecht, Molière and Shakespeare, but was especially proud of her translation of…

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an anchor and a voice-right: Seamus Heaney’s translations

Posted on 17 September 2013 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — 1 Comment

It’s not Seamus Heaney’s month’s mind yet, but his first memorial has gone up in the National Portrait Gallery in London. The Nobel awarding committee were right to call him a beautifully lyrical poet. His poetic translations are full of energy and life, and…

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