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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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Desire Poems by Women Poets
1st April
Taking thematic inspiration from Diana Bellessi’s book ‘To Love A Woman’ this week’s podcast plays you four poems about desire written by female poets.
Translating Lewisham: Spanish- Colombian poet Piedad Bonnett
18th May
Latinx poet, critic and translator Yvette Siegert will be introducing new Spanish language poems by award-winning Colombian poet, playwright and novelist Piedad Bonnett
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Translating Lewisham: Vietnamese poetry with guest translator Quynh Nguyen
18th May
Discover more contemporary Vietnamese poetry with Quynh Nguyen, head of the local charity Vietnamese Family Partnership and poet April Yee.
Translating Lewisham: Bengali - Bangladeshi poet Nirmalendu Goon
18th May
Our final Translating Lewisham workshop is a session on Marxist Bengali poet Nirmalendu Goon with translators Shamim Azad and April Yee.
Translating Lewisham: Italian - Eritrean Poet Ribka Sibhatu
18th May
Translate poems by Eritrean poet-activist Ribka Sibhatu, working with her long-time translator André Naffis-Sahely and poet Leo Boix.
Diana Anphimiadi on being a translated poet.
16th August
Read Georgian poet Diana Anphimiadi’s describes the experience of being a translated poet ‘Travelling in a different linguistic reality ... some kind of parallel reality, where another Diana Anphimiadi lives, writes…
Featured Poem
Gaza Under Siege
At one time we thinkwe are in a boatand the entire world around usis fishand at another we seewe are but a jungleand the entire world around usa sniper…غزَّة في الحصار
مرّةً نظنُّأنّنا في مركبٍوالعالم كلّه من حولنا سمَكٌوفي مرّةٍ أُخرى نرىأنّنا لسنا سوى غابةٍوالعالم كله من حولنا قنّاصة.
Gaza Under Siege
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