This one jumped out at me from the blue sky (dzięki Paweł!). I’ve read less Lem than le Guin, but the idea of them writing to each other was startling, pleasing. I ordered their 1972–1984 letters from Wydawnictwo Literackie straight…
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Lem and le Guin’s letters
Tagged with: Bill Johnston, books, German, Irmtraud Zimmermann-Göllheim, Polish, Stanisław Barańczak, Stanisław Lem, Tomasz Lem, Translation, Ursula le Guin
Posted in books, literature, translation
Posted in books, literature, translation
A Polish contribution to statistics
Almost 52 per cent of voters in a small group of islands off the west coast of Europe have decided to leave. The immediate result has been panic, fear – and a racist backlash, hitting the biggest minority of non-UK citizens,…
Tagged with: Clare Cavanagh, EU Referendum, Polish, Stanisław Barańczak, Translation, Wisława Szymborska
Posted in international, poetry, translation
Posted in international, poetry, translation
Tutaj / here
“Granted, in daily speech, where we don’t stop to consider every word, we all use phrases like ‘the ordinary world,’ ‘ordinary life,’ ‘the ordinary course of events’ … But in the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing…
Tagged with: Clare Cavanagh, Nobel Prize, Poetry, Polish, Stanisław Barańczak, Tomasz Stańko, Translation, Tutaj/here, Wisława Szymborska, writing, znak
Posted in books, poetry, translation
Posted in books, poetry, 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
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