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Inside Writing: The Art of Literary Translation
Thu 16 Jul 2020 to Thu 16 Jul 2020
Poet and translator Sasha Dugdale delivers a live lecture on the art of literary translation during lockdown focusing on Maria Tsvetayava, in conversation with Tara Bergin. Part of Inside Writing, a digital poetry festival, presented by Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts (NCLA) in lieu of the annual Newcastle Poetry Festival.
Sasha's new collection Deformations is published in July by Carcanet, and her translations of Maria Stepanova are forthcoming from Bloodaxe. Part of Inside Writing, a digital poetry festival, presented by Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts (NCLA) in lieu of the annual Newcastle Poetry Festival.
Throughout May, June and July, NCLA are hosting a series of digital poetry events over Twitter, Facebook and Zoom featuring some of today’s most exciting poets responding to the COVID-19 crisis by performing new work, issuing challenges and writing prompts, and discussing how their writing lives have been affected, featuring Inua Ellams, Sasha Dugdale, Rishi Dastidar, W.N. Herbert, Jackie Kay, and Sean O'Brien. You can watch the festival events and participate in challenges by following NCLA on Twitter (@NCLA_Tweets) or Facebook.
Date: Thursday 16th July 2020, 7pm BST
Location: Online (Zoom)
Cost: Free
To register for this event, please email: melanie.birch@newcastle.ac.uk
More about the Inside Writing programme here
Additional Information:
Location:
Online
Region(s):
International
Price:
Free
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