In Partnership with The British Centre for Literary Translation at UEA

Translation can give voice to the finest literature the world has to offer, and on this course we’ll be looking at the techniques of this creative art. Please come with an excerpt of your translation into English of an as yet untranslated work of poetry, prose, or drama, from any language. Places by selection: submit one double-spaced page of translation and the same text in the original to lumbbank@arvonfoundation.org by 29 June 2012.

Tutors: 

Sasha Dugdale is a poet and translator of Russian poetry and plays. Red House is her third collection of poetry.

Michael Henry Heim translates fiction and drama from 10 European languages,
including the works of Günter Grass, Chekhov and Thomas Mann. He is Professor of Slavic Languages at UCLA.

Guest  Anthea Bell is one of the leading translators of her generation and winner of several translation awards.

Read an interview with Michael for  more about the  course and about Michael’s own extraordinary career in literary translation.

Arvon's residential writing courses run from Monday afternoon to Saturday morning. Each course is tutored by two professional writers plus a guest writer who visits mid-week to read their work and answer your questions. There are daily workshops over four days running from Tuesday to Friday, and a one-to-one tutorial with each tutor too.

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If you have any questions about this course, do call Lumb Bank on 01422 843 714.