Speaking in Tongues | Hablando en Lenguas: Poets on the Art of Translation

Name: Speaking in Tongues | Hablando en Lenguas: Poets on the Art of Translation
Start: 2024-10-05T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-05T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Independence Branch Free Library

Schedule

Sat Oct 05 2024 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Independence Branch Free Library | Philadelphia, PA

"Speaking in Tongues," Poets on the Art of Translation
Join us for "Speaking in Tongues," a conversation with poets about the art of translation. This event will delve into the experiences and approaches of poets who work with translators to have their work rendered in another language. Featuring local poets: Miguel Bacho, Lynn Levin, and David Acosta.
What are the requirements, expectations, and critical approaches of a poet translating someone else's work? How do poets feel about having their own work translated by others? Discover the nuances and challenges of literary translation from the perspectives of those who live it.
This program is a part of the Latin American Book Fair, in partnership with Casa de Duende, PHL Latin American Book Fair, and Temple University.
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"Hablando en Lenguas”, Poetas sobre el Arte de la Traducción
Únase a nosotros para el programa "Hablando en Lenguas”, una conversación con poetas sobre el arte de la traducción. Este evento profundizará en las experiencias y enfoques de poetas que trabajan con traductores para que su obra sea traducida a otro idioma. Con la participación de poetas locales: Miguel Bacho, Lynn Levin, y David Acosta.
¿Cuáles son los requisitos, expectativas y enfoques críticos de un poeta que traduce la obra de otra persona? ¿Cómo se sienten los poetas al tener su propia obra traducida por otros? Descubra los matices y desafíos de la traducción literaria desde las perspectivas de quienes la viven.
Este programa es parte de la Feria del Libro Latinoamericano, en alianza con Casa de Duende, PHL Feria Latinoamericana del Libro, y Temple Universidad.
Author Bios:
Miguel Bacho was born in Iquique, Chile, in 1986. He has published the poetry collections Papeles Sueltos (Loose Papers) (Edunla, 2013, Argentina), Labores (Labors), (Sismo, 2022, Iquique, Chile) and Desayuno Continental (Continental Breakfast), (Attack Bear Press, Massachusetts, 2023). In 2018 he collaborated with the digital magazine Vice-Versa in the Urban Chronicles section of the journal and has participated in various initiatives and festivals in Western Massachusetts and Philadelphia. He currently resides in Ewing, New Jersey.
Lynn Levin is a poet, writer, and translator, from the Spanish, of Birds on the Kiswar Tree (2Leaf Press), a collection of poems by the Peruvian Andean poet Odi Gonzales.
The book, a bilingual edition, has been hailed by Poetry International as “a luminous collection of poems based on subversive and syncretistic church art…an outstanding translation by poet Lynn Levin.”
Lynn Levin’s poems, short stories, essays, and translations appear widely. Her other recent books include the short story collection House Parties and the poetry collections The Minor Virtues and Miss Plastique. She is the co-author of the acclaimed creative writing textbook Poems for the Writing: Prompts for Poets. She teaches at Drexel University. Her website is lynnlevinpoet.com.
David Acosta is a poet, writer, curator and cultural producer. He has curated numerous solo and group art exhibitions, directed live performance and video pieces for stage, video and film, and has collaborated with local and international visual and performing artists.
He is co-founder and Artistic Director for Casa de Duende in Philadelphia and more recently, edited two poetry anthologies: Fatal Force: Poetic Justice, an anthology featuring the work of Martín Espada & submissions by poets responding to police violence, and co-edited with Mia Kang, the Save Chinatown Anthology, both published by Moonstone Press in 2024.
The views expressed by the authors and moderators are strictly their own and do not represent the opinions of the Free Library of Philadelphia or its employees.