Late Winter Poetry Translation Workshops 2023
As the world seems to quake with crisis and division we look to poetry and transition to open up windows of understanding and connection.
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Introduction
The Poetry Translation Centre gives the best contemporary poems from Africa, Asia and Latin America a new life in the English language, working with diaspora communities for whom poetry is of great importance.
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World Poet Series III Bundle
Pick up our latest collection of World Poet Series titles, with books by Anar, Abdellatif Laâbi, Diana Bellessi and Vénus Khoury-Ghata.
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Populate your bookshelf with some awesome bilingual poetry titles from a huge range of poets writing in a variety of languages!
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RARG Pt 4 - Decolonising and community feminisms in Latin America
Explore decolonising and community feminist theory and methodologies from Latin America with queer feminist activist & writer Helen Dixon.
Translating Brazilian poet and activist Érica Zíngano
Join in the translation of this witty Portuguese poem that bites back at history and language by Brazilian writer Érica Zíngano.
More poems by Armenian Turkish poet Karin Karakaşlı
Literary translator Canan Marasligil pops in for an online workshop translating new poetry by Armenian Turkish poet Karin Karakaşlı.
New Farsi poetry from Iran with Elhum Shakerifar
Poetry is an important part of daily life in Iran. Join translator and film producer Elhum Shakerifar to translate a new Farsi poet.
Hassaniya Arabic Poetry by Saharawi poet Zaim Allal
Translating the work of Zaim Allal, a famous Saharawi poet who is living in a refugee camp in Algeria, with…
Featured Poem
The city goes on sleeping/awake
The city goes on sleeping/awakewith the lights onits street-lights, fountains, statueswith all its circuits workingand the sea.The metro doesn't move a metre.Only the buses sleepwalkslow, circularwith no need of direction:they…A cidade vai dormindo/acordada
A cidade vai dormindo/acordadacom a luz acesados postes, repuxos, estátuascom todos os sinais funcionandoe o mar.O metrô não avança nenhum metro.Só os ônibus sonambulamlentos, circularessem precisar de direçãopois conhecem o…
The city goes on sleeping/awake
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