These Poems Don’t Need A Visa
By: Erica Jarnes
Listen to the Poetry Translation Centre’s playlist of poems from Libya, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Somalia/Somaliland and Yemen, all countries affected by Trump’s ‘Muslim ban.’
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The love of poetry Urdu and its poetic culture
By: Marion Molteno,
Marion Molteno gives a brief introduction to Urdu poetry, relating its popularity, discussing the Ghazal poem form and Marvelling at mushairas: poetry recitals that draw massive crowds.
A Day in the Life of a Poetry Translator
By: Natasha Sutton Williams
Poet Clare Pollard facilitates poetry translation workshops for the PTC. She talked to Natasha Sutton Williams of London Calling about the process and challenges of being a poet-translator.
A Reflection on Nationality and Translation
By: Ilhaan Mohamed
Our intern, Ilhaan, describes the project that she is researching with the PTC for her English Literature course. This blog piece is reflection on how ideas of nationality function in the world of literature.
Hidden Meanings & Perplexing Punctuation
By: Serafina Vick,
Translator Serafina Vick ponders unexpected turns when a Poetry Translation Workshop get stumped by an innocent comma and surprised by the target of the satirical poem ‘Urban Ranch’.
Poet Andrew McMillan Discovers Joy & Beauty
By: Andrew McMillan
Award winning poet Andrew McMillan takes a look at the new PTC website and discovers the ‘Beauty’ by Afghan poet Partaw Naderi and digs deeper to find the story behind the poem.
Some Thoughts on Co-Translating Gaarriye
By: W N Herbert,
W N Herbert offers a fascinating insight into how he approached co-translating Somali poetry. In this essay he describes his induction into the marvellous complexities of Somali verse and how he came to terms with the formal dexterities of Gaarriye’s ‘non-lyric’ poetry.
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