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.
Ever wanted to fix a badly translated tattoo? The Poetry Translation Centre is collaborating with Mendivan Art & Tattoo Studio in Great Yarmouth to run a workshop inspired by badly translated tattoos!
Young poets from the Nigerian Diaspora discuss multilingualism and their poetic practice with their peers from the city-state of Singapore via a live video link.
Explore eight of some of the most important poetry books in translation for National Poetry Day on this year's theme of 'Refuge'.
Editor of Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi's 'A Friend's Kitchen' (trs. Bryar Bajalan and Shook) gives an insight on the process of editing poetry in translation.
Associate editor of Mona Kareem's 'I Will Not Fold These Maps' (tr. Sara Elkamel) writes of the process of editing this powerful collection.
Jon Herring, part of the PTC's first Queer Digital Residency, writes on translating and meeting Argentine poet Osvaldo Bossi.
Poet, critic and reviewer Reem Abbas interviews Mona Kareem on her upcoming World Poet Series title I Will Not Fold These Maps (tr. Sara Elkamel).
In front of each poet stands their country’s name
أمام كل شاعر اسم بلاده
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