By: Hamid Kabir,
Translator Hamid Kabir writes how the commission to co-translate Reza Mohammadi’s poems was an entirely new experience for him and how it enriched his appreciation both of poetry in Persian and his knowledge of English.
By: Nick Laird,
Nick Laird describes stages he went through translating Reza Mohammadi’s poems - from unsuccessful early drafts through a transformative experience of hearing Reza read - that led to the ‘weird pleasure’ of translating: ‘like opening your mouth and finding someone else’s voice come out’.
By: Mimi Khalvati,
Poet Mimi Khalvati describes how much she enjoyed the experience of translating Afghan poet, Shakila Azzizada with Zuzanna Olszewska, a process she found much easier having translated Kurdish poet, Kajal Ahmad, with us in 2008.
By: Gregory Leadbetter
Our evening of Persian poetry at The Barber Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham prompted poet and academic, Gregory Leadbetter, to write this insightful article about what Eliot called ‘the auditory imagination’ and the significance of sound in translating, reading and listening to poetry.
Zuzanna Olszewska writes about the challenges and pleasures of translating Afghan poet, Shakila Azizzada, with Mimi Khalvati for the PTC’s Persian Poets’ Tour 2012