Call Out: Lagos-London Poetry Competition
Nigerian and Nigerian heritage Poets! Win a place on a fully-funded writing development programme by winning this competition to write a poem about Homecoming.
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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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Online Poetry Translation Workshops: Autumn 2022
Discover the power of translation firsthand. Dig deeper into the subtleties of language by translating poetry with people from around the world.
UNDERTOW - The PTC's polylingual poet development programme
UNDERTOW is a development program that seeks to unlock the creative potential of polylingualism by offering talks, hands on mentoring and a creative space for growth and expression.
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Jon Herring
Jon Herring is a linguist and early career translator who lives in London. His undergraduate degree was in Spanish and French literature, and he spent several years teaching English to…
Paula Galindez
Paula Galindez is a poet, translator and translation professor born in Argentina. She earned a BA in Literary and Audiovisual Translation in English and has translated books from English and German into…
Meet the Undertow Eight - Young Polylingual Poets
The PTC are delighted to announce the participants of our first-ever young poets’ development scheme, who will be working with Mexican-Scottish poet and translator Juana Adcock.
On Language Hegemony and Diversity in African Literature.
The language question in African literature is as old as the oldest books written by Africans in or about the continent. But it is not as old as Africans producing artistic content.
Diana Bellessi: Ecological Subjectivity and the Poetics of Biodiversity
The experience of nature has always been a constant preoccupation in Bellessi’s work. It functions as a metaphor for feminist writing and for the political action of rebellion against violence.
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Taste
If this poem isn't free of flaws or clunkiness,if it contains disharmony or defects,if it doesn't illuminate what's hiddenand isn't used to staunch old injuries,its verses won't nourish, are a…Dookh
Haddaanad gabayga deelqaafka iyo, dari ka saaraynninDalabtiyo haddaan laga midh tirin, diniqa aan muuqanMeeshii dahsoonayd haddaan, lagu daqiiqeeynninDoogtiyo haddaan lagu lafgurin, dakharradii raagayDarar lagama maaloo tixuu, dufan ma yeeshaane,Aan dareersho caawoo…