Modern Poetry in Translation

By Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

When Ted Hughes and Daniel Weissbort founded MPT in 1965 they had two principal ambitions: to get poetry out from behind the Iron Curtain into a wider circulation in English and to benefit writers and... more

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The podcast currently has 110 episodes available.

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August 15, 2024 Two poems by Batool Abu Akleen - translated by Batool Abu Akleen and Cristina Viti
Published in MPT Salam to Gaza: Focus on Dissent and Resistance: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/salam-to-gaza-focus-on-dissent-and-resistance/
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6min
August 08, 2024 sound of a jaw harp in the labelling factory: Jike Ayou, translated by Yě Yě
Published in MPT Salam to Gaza: Focus on Dissent and Resistance: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/salam-to-gaza-focus-on-dissent-and-resistance/
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2min
August 06, 2024 Two poems: Henri-Michel Yéré, translated by Todd Fredson
Published in MPT Salam to Gaza: Focus on Dissent and Resistance: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/salam-to-gaza-focus-on-dissent-and-resistance/
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7min
August 06, 2024 Politics’ Corpse Covered with the Morning Paper: Afrizal Malta translated by Daniel Owen
Published in MPT Salam to Gaza: Focus on Dissent and Resistance: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/salam-to-gaza-focus-on-dissent-and-resistance/
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7min
August 06, 2024 Salam to Gaza: Hussein Barghouthi, translated by Suneela Mubayi
Salam to Gaza: Hussein Barghouthi, translated by Suneela Mubayi.
We are grateful to Suneela Mubayi for providing these recordings, featuring a live reading from the event "Nakba Then and Now: Refuse Silence" published on YouTube by The Radical Book Collective and the Polis Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfuqn34gY_I&t=5839, followed by an original recording of the poet Hussein Barghouthi reading the poem.
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11min
August 02, 2024 Destruction of Texts: Yi Sang, translated by Translated by Jack Jung from Korean
Destruction of Texts: Yi Sang, translated by Translated by Jack Jung from Korean by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine
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11min
August 02, 2024 Two poems by Amelia Rosselli, translated by Roberta Antognini and Deborah Woodard from Italian
Two poems by Amelia Rosselli, translated by Roberta Antognini and Deborah Woodard from Italian by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine
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4min
August 02, 2024 The Seamstresses, Missak Manouchian translated by Jennifer Manoukian from Western Armenian
The Seamstresses, Missak Manouchian translated by Jennifer Manoukian from Western Armenian by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine
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3min
May 21, 2024 When Spring Comes, Najwan Darwish Tr. Kareem James Abu-Zeid
When Spring Comes, by Najwan Darwish, translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid.
This recording made by Kareem James Abu-Zeid. Featured in MPT Bearing the Burden of Sameness: Focus on Care.
Read this poem and more: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/bearing-the-burden-of-sameness-focus-on-care/
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2min
May 16, 2024 Miss River Snail, Xinyang Wu, tr Tuoya Wulan
Miss River Snail by Xinyang Wu, translated by Tuoya Wulan.
This recording was made by Tuoya Wulan. Featured in MPT Bearing the Burden of Sameness: Focus on Care.
Read this poem and more: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/bearing-the-burden-of-sameness-focus-on-care/
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2min

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How many episodes does Modern Poetry in Translation have?

The podcast currently has 110 episodes available.