The Poetry Paper
Listening in
One of Italy’s major poets, Valerio Magrelli celebrated his first publication in English and its launch at Aldeburgh. His translator Jamie McKendrick explains the process of translation and the importance of listening out loud and listening in.
The first poem by Valerio Magrelli that I read, some dozen years ago, was ‘L’abbraccio’ (‘The Embrace’). My immediate response was such a turbulent mixture of recognition, awe and envy that the only way I could still the chaos was to see if I could write it in English….
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