Living in the Author’s Head – Research Seminar with Elvira Grassi, Literary Translator in Residence 2023-2024

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, TRANSLATION

Living in the Author’s Head Research Seminar with Elvira Grassi, Literary Translator in Residence 2023-2024 Thursday 29th February 2024 4:00 pm CACSSS Seminar Room (ORB. G. 27) In this seminar, Elvira Grassi, the SLLC Literary Translator in Residence 2023-2024, will discuss how she became a literary translator, reflecting on key aspects of her professional trajectory and on the importance of practice, …

Irish Writing and Literary Translation: Author Donal Ryan and Translator Anna-Nina Kroll in Conversation

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, TRANSLATION

Irish Writing and Literary Translation: Author Donal Ryan and Translator Anna-Nina Kroll in Conversation Monday 24th April 2023 CACSSS Seminar Room – O’Rahilly Building, ORB G.27 4:00 pm   You all warmly welcome to this event that brings together the award-winning writer Donal Ryan and his German translator Anna-Nina Kroll, who is also the UCC/Literature Ireland Translator in Residence, 2022-2023. …

Two Seminars on Literary Translation, with Anna-Nina Kroll and Clara Ministral

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, TRANSLATION

The research cluster Translation and Creative Practice cordially invites you to the following two seminars on literary translation:   Of Strange Flowers, Snowflakes and Milkmen – an introduction to the work of a literary translator EN-GER Anna-Nina Kroll, 2022-2023 Literature Ireland/SLLC Literary Translator in Residence   Thursday 9thMarch 2023 O’Rahilly Building, ORB. 132 4:00–6:00 pm Anna-Nina Kroll, currently Literary Translator …

Strangers wandering – Seminar with Translator Stephen Beechinor

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, TRANSLATION

Strangers wandering  A new translation of Juan Rulfo’s El Llano en llamas Book as terrain / Translation as map A seminar with translator Stephen Beechinor on his new 2019 translation of Mexican writer Juan Rulfo’s remarkable short stories. Aspects of practice for the literary translator. Working with an independent publisher, contract & rights. Preparing the ground. Approach on method and style. Editorial process …

The Poetic Tongue: Poets Translating Poets II

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, TRANSLATION

Wednesday 4th May 2022   2:00 – 3:30 pm   Online via MS Teams   ‘The Poetic Tongue’, the second symposium of the series ‘Poets Translating Poets’, brings together scholars, translators and creative writers to reflect on the process of translating poetry. These three papers analyse the challenges, celebrate the aesthetic findings and explore the close contacts between writing poetry …

Mario Luzi and Irish Poets

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, TRANSLATION

Mario Luzi and Irish Poets Wed 4 May, 4pm, Creative Zone, Boole Library Mini-Symposium celebrating the launch of Mario Luzi, Persone nel viaggio (People on a Journey), edited by Alessandro Gentili (The volume contains 20 poems translated by 20 Irish poets) With Daragh O’Connell, Dario Galassini, Catherine O’Brien, Alessandro Gentili and John Fitzgerald. Followed by Readings and Wine Reception in …