Modern Poetry in Translation
102 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWhen 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 the reading public in Britain and America by confronting them with good work from abroad. They published poetry that dealt truthfully with the real contemporary world. For more than 50 years MPT has continued and widened that founding intent.
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Toon Tellegen
June 04, 2013 20:48 - 3 minutes - 4.59 MBToon Tellegen is one of the best known writers in the Netherlands. Multi-award winning and with more than 20 collections of poetry to date, he is also a novelist and a popular and prolific children's writer. His Raafvogels (Raptors) in Judith Wilkinson's translation won the Popescu prize in 2011. www.mptmagazine.com
Talking Vrouz: Valérie Rouzeau and Susan Wicks
June 04, 2013 20:46 - 4 minutes - 5.18 MBValérie Rouzeau's latest collection, Vrouz, has just won the prestigious Prix Apollinaire in France. She has published a dozen collections, including Pas revoir, translated by poet Susan Wicks, shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize and winner of the Scott Moncrieff Prize. www.mptmagazine.com