Poetry in translation

Blog, Poetry

My English translations of the Portuguese poet Maria Azenha have appeared on the website Poesia, Vim Buscar-te https://poesiavimbuscarte.blog/about/ and also in the autumn 2024 issue of the journal Il Pietrisco: https://www.pietrisco.net/Translations/Publications/index.php/

I am delighted to have been invited to join PELTA (Portuguese-English Literary Translators Association): https://pelta.wip.llc

My book of English translations of the renowned Portuguese poet and feminist activist Maria Teresa Horta, called Point of Honour, was published by Two Rivers Press in 2019.

During the project I was interviewed by Theo Kwek about the challenges and pleasures of translation.

Point of Honour was launched at a conference in Lisbon to celebrate Horta’s life and work – I wrote about the conference here.

I’m now beginning to translate the work of another Portuguese poet, Luís Quintais: a couple of translated poems appeared in Poetry Review a couple of years ago.