National Translation Month (NTM)

We’re excited to share with you today an excerpt from the autobiographical writings of the award-winning poet and writer, Franca Mancinelli, translated from the Italian by John Taylor. Inside the Horizon of Hills evokes her hometown of Fano, on the Adriatic coast, where she was born in 1981, and its immediate hinterland. Her poetic prose […]

Today, we’re excited to share a selection of new translations of Romanian poetry: an excerpt from The God’s Orbit by Aura Christi translated by Adam J. Sorkin and Petru Iamandi, as well as several poems by Traian T. Coșovei translated by Adam J. Sorkin and Andreea Iulia Scridon. These poems have in common the searing […]

We’re happy to feature again this year new translations from the Hausa language: four poems by Ibrahim Malumfashi translated by Sada Malumfashi. Accompanying the poems, several evocative portraits and photos depicting the Nigerian way of life give the reader a more immersive experience. Hausa is a Chadic language with about 39 million speakers. It is […]

Today, National Translation Month continues with new translations from the Ukrainian. We’re delighted to share four poems by the acclaimed poet Vasyl Makhno translated by the accomplished translator and poet, Olena Jennings. These beautiful poems will take you on a lyrical trip from New York to California, a reminder of life before Covid-19 “when kisses […]

Continuing our tradition of publishing women in translation, we’re excited to present a selection of new Faroese poetry translated by the accomplished poet and translator Matthew Landrum with Sámal Soll. Acclaimed Faroese filmmaker Katrin Ottarsdóttir’s first collection, Are there Copper Pipes in Heaven (Operating System/Unsilenced Texts, 2020) is a family portrait of abuse, addiction, and mental […]