Ribka Sibhatu Tour
20th June
Join us online for readings, talks and a children’s storytelling event celebrating the publication of Aulò! Aulò! Aulò! by poet, writer and refugee-rights activist Ribka Sibhata.
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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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Lips and How the violin sounds by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias
7th July
Two poems from Legna Rodríguez Iglesias dealing frankly with female desire: ‘Lips’ and ‘How the violin sounds’ translated by Serafina Vick and Abigail Parry.
Two PTC books shortlisted for Derek Walcott Prize
22nd May
We are delighted to announce that two Poetry Translation Centre publications have been shortlisted for the first-ever Derek Walcott Prize for poetry.
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Mother Africa
Cradle of mankind
baobab of the soul,
in your savannahs
and sacred forests
death dances.You hear the echo, the scream
of the mother
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Madre Africa
Culla umana!
baobab dell'anima,
nelle tue savane
e sacre foreste
danza la morte.Si sente l'eco, l'urlo
della Madre che
consegna diamanti
e riceve carri armati.
Oh moribonda
terra, per decenni
saluta gli anziani
che portano con…