Remembering David Huerta (1949 – 2022)
Jamie McKendrick and Tom Boll reflect on the time they spent with David Huerta during the PTC's 2010 Mexican Poets Tour.
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On these pages you can find reviews of our translations and events; interviews with our poets and translators; blog posts; and a selection of fascinating essays on translation by some of the UK’s best known poets and translators.
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A Few Comments on the Gender-Inclusive Language Ban in Buenos Aires, Argentina
By: Paula Galindez
Translator Paula Galindez discusses how gender-inclusive language had become widely used in Buenos Aires before being banned.
Sobre la prohibición del lenguaje inclusivo en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
By: Paula Galindez
Durante los últimos diez años, el lenguaje inclusivo de género se ha vuelto más utilizado en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, pero ahora ha sido prohibido.
An overview of community feminisms in Latin America
By: Helen Dixon
Translation can help a positive mutual contagion of “dangerous” critical feminist politics and dissident sexualities reach beyond Latin America.
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Where did ‘Anniversary Snow’ fall?
By: Yang Lian
‘For a poet, writing is like running a marathon’: The Chinese poet Yang Lian responds to winning the Sarah Maguire Prize with a reflection on his approach to poetry.
Anniversary Snow wins The Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry In Translation
The winner of the inaugural Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry In Translation is ‘Anniversary Snow’ by Yang Lian, translated from Chinese by Brian Holton with many others.
Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry in Translation Shortlist
The Sarah Maguire Prize celebrates the best of modern poetry and showcases a range of different translation methodologies highlighting excellence in literary translation.
“Writing is a responsibility”: Vinod Kumar Shukla interview
By: Mohini Gupta
Translator Mohini Gupta interviews Vinod Kumar Shukla, one of the most treasured writers in India today. Mohini Gupta has translated his work at the PTC’s workshops.
What does it mean to reckon with history in real time?
By: Lola Olufemi
Lola Olufemi introduces the PTC’s upcoming Radical Approaches Reading Group, discusses the importance of theory, and asks ‘What does it mean to reckon with history in real time?’
I am a masochist exophonic poet
By: Patrizia Longhitano
Brazilian-Italian poet Patrizia Longhitano talks about moving to the UK to become a Londoner and why she writes poetry in English.
Two PTC books shortlisted for Derek Walcott Prize
We are delighted to announce that two Poetry Translation Centre publications have been shortlisted for the first-ever Derek Walcott Prize for poetry.
Mistrustful Trust - Musings on Translating Legna Rodríguez Iglesias
By: Serafina Vick,
As we launch our audio archive of poems by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias, translator Serafina Vick writes about the process of translating Legna’s work.
How do you write lyrics under repressive authority?
By: Basma Abdel Aziz,
Egyptians are witnessing unprecedented political oppression and now the lyrics of ‘Festival Songs’ have become the focus of a distracting media storm.
PTC YouTube Takeover Week 6: Ella Frears
‘Getting Ready for Nothing’ is a series of hybrid makeup tutorial slash poetry criticism videos from the poet Ella Frears responding to the work Chinese poet Yu Yoyo.
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