Acclaimed poets from Georgia will read alongside British poets Jean Sprackland & Helen Mort, and discuss the art of poetry translation with their bridge translator Natalia Bukia-Peters.

Wednesday 23 May 2018

7:00 – 9:00 pm

SOAS

*Past Event*

Free

Don’t miss Diana Anphimiadi and Salome Benidze for the only London reading of our Georgian Tour tour! These acclaimed poets from Georgia will read alongside award-winning British poets Jean Sprackland and Helen Mort, before discussing the delicate art of poetry translation with their bridge translator Natalia Bukia-Peters.

This event marks the publication of two new bilingual chapbooks: Beginning to Speak by Diana Anphimiadi (translated by Jean Sprackland and Natalia Bukia-Peters; supported by the Georgian National Book Center) and I Wanted to Ask You by Salome Benidze (translated by Helen Mort and Natalia Bukia-Peters).

This event will be in English with poetry readings in Georgian and English.

To book your place email Nana Sato-Rossberg at ns27@soas.ac.uk.

Presented in collaboration with the SOAS Centre for Translation Studies.

SOAS Paul Webley Wing, North Block
Torrington Square
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