With some books, you have to be ready.This poet is one of Russia’s best, but it took me this long to sit down and read her. It’s time you did, too. Anna Akhmatova’s Selected Poems in Richard McKane’s English translation…
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Tagged with: Anna Akhmatova, Bloodaxe Books, Poetry, Richard McKane, Russian, Translation, Women in Translation Month
Posted in books, faith, history, literature, poetry, translation, Women in Translation Month
Posted in books, faith, history, literature, poetry, translation, Women in Translation Month
Women in translation month: Lydia Grigorieva
As women in translation month returns, the task is simple – just read! So I went to a new publisher of Slavonic literature, Glagoslav, and found the perfect way to start. Lydia Grigorieva’s Shards from the Polar Ice is out today and…
Tagged with: Glagoslav, John Farndon, Lydia Grigorieva, Olga Nakston, Richard McKane, Russian, Shards from the Polar Ice, Translation, Ukrainian, Women in Translation Month
Posted in books, gender, poetry, translation, Women in Translation Month
Posted in books, gender, poetry, translation, Women in Translation Month
