Saturday, February 11, 2023

Andrey Gritsman. On Bilingual Poetry and Self-Translation

Check out the essay by Russian-American poet Andrey Gritsman on bilingual poetry and self-translation published on EastWest Literary Forum. Reflecting on its experience of creating "parallel poems", he concludes:

"In summary, writing poetry in two poetic languages shows that a successful poem appears when it is written in two languages on the same emotional wave, yet created as two original poems in different languages."

Read the full essay here:  https://eastwestliteraryforum.com/essays/andrey-gritsman-on-bilingual-poetry-and-self-translation 

No comments:

[CFP] Self-translation in Children's and young adult books

Call for papers: Conference: Self-translation in Children's and young adult books Padua, 13-14 February 2025 Self-translation has only r...