We are thrilled to announce that The Sea-Migrations by Asha Lul Mohamud Yusuf translated from Somali by Clare Pollard has been named the Poetry Book of the Year by The Sunday Times.
In the run up to our 2017 Summer Tour we dug up the pink paper programme for the Poetry Translation Centre’s very first event from 13 years ago: ‘An Evening of International Poetry’ at SOAS.
Canan Marasligil talks about being a bridge translator for Karin Karakaşlı and Bejan Matur, the poets on the PTC 2017 Summer Tour, translating feelings, context and politics a well as words.