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Modern Poetry in Translation

Modern Poetry in Translation Magazinewww.mptmagazine.com
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 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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Episodes

Inna Krasnoper, Three poems. Translated from Russian by Inna Krasnoper and Elina Alter

Listen to three poems by Inna Krasnoper, translated from Russian by Inna Krasnoper and Elina Alter. This recording features an introduction by the translator Elina Alter, followed by alternating English translations and the Russian original poems read by Elina Alter and Inna Krasnoper. This poem is published in MPT Presently Proximal Person: Focus on Experimental Translations, No.2 2025. You can find the full text of this poem and the introduction on the MPT website: https://modernpoetryintransl...

Jul 09, 202510 min

Clarice 6-4-68, Ana Cristina Cesar translated Mónica De La Torre

Listen to 'Clarice 6-4-68' by Ana Cristina Cesar, translated from Portuguese by Mónica De La Torre. Including the translation by Mónica De La Torre , the original poem read in Portuguese by Andrea Lerner, and the introduction in the form of a letter by Mónica De La Torre. This poem is published in MPT Presently Proximal Person: Focus on Experimental Translations, No.2 2025. You can find the full text of this poem and the introduction on the MPT website https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/poem/...

Jul 08, 20259 min

Literature Lesson, Liu Ligan translated by Dong Li

Dong Li reads the Endglish translation of Liu Ligan's poem'Literature Lesson', along with the original poem recorded by Liu Ligan, and Dong Li's own introduction, published in MPT 'Presently Proximal Person: Focus on Experimental Translations'.

Jul 02, 202512 min

Catalan Edition | Ronald Puppo speaks with AKaiser and Marialena Carr

Featuring poetry and translation from MPT Your Language Anticipating Mine: Focus on Catalan, hosted by Ronald Puppo with AKaiser and Marialena Carr For a transcript and to find out more, visit mptmagazine.com/mpt-podcast-catalan-edition-ronald-puppo-speaks-to-kaiser-and-marialena-carr/

Mar 25, 20251 hr 20 min

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.

Aug 06, 202411 min

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/

May 21, 20242 min

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/

May 16, 20241 min

A Song, Rabindranath Tagore, Tr Adrija Ghosh

This recording made by Adrija Ghosh. Audio recording of the poem 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/

May 09, 20242 min

Care Advice, Ester Naomi Perquin, Tr David Colmer

Care Advice, Ester Naomi Perquin, translated by David Colmer. This recording made by David Calmer and Ester Naomi Perquin. This poem is 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/

May 09, 20243 min

The Garden Must Tend Me, Abdullah O. Jimoh, Tr By The Poet

This recording is by Abdullah O. Jimoh. Audio recording is of the poem 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/

May 09, 20243 min

Malta Focus - Khairani Barokka speaks with Adrian Grima and Albert Gatt

This Podcast accompanies MPT Call the Sea A Poet: Focus on Malta. Khairani Barokka speaks with contributors Adrian Grima and Albert Gatt. Find out more about this issue on the MPT website: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/call-the-sea-a-poet-focus-on-malta/ A full transcript is available at https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/podcast-khairani-barokka-speaks-with-adrian-grima-and-albert-gatt/

Jan 08, 202446 min
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