Azerbaijani poet at the International poetry translation workshop

From 7. to 15.  of July International poetry translation workshop took place at the castle in Smolenice. The workshop was organized by the Centre for Information on Literature in cooperation with Literature Across Frontiers and support of the European commission grant.

Eight poets from eight different countries participated: Tom Pow from Scotland, Tiziana Colusso from Italy, Slovak author Eva Luka, Hilari de Cara from Catalonia, Vishnu Care from India, Artis Ostups from Latvia, Gabriel Rosenstock from Ireland and poet and journalist Alina Talybova  from Azerbaijan. Each one of them had to translate the English version of their colleague’s verses to his/hers mother tongue. At the closing event of the workshop in the Gallery Artoteka in Bratislava, their poems in original language and Slovak translation by Eva Luka were read. The  atmosphere was made up by the Vogon Poetry Orchestra musical performance. The event, moderated by Ina Martinová and Tom Pow, enriched Bratislava’s Summer of Culture and confirmed the interest in literature and creative discussion with distinguished names of contemporary world poetry.

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