VERSschmuggel
VERSschmuggel
- First published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Wunderhorn
- Pages
- 107
- ISBN
- 9783884236949
- Formats
- Print edition, Audiobook, E-book
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About “VERSschmuggel”
A translation workshop brings together poets from Kazakhstan and Germany. With the help of mediators, they take turns translating each other’s texts, and the encounter gives rise to a volume that sets both languages side by side on equal footing.
The poems revolve around political questions that have found a voice in Kazakhstan for some time, not just recently. Trios work out themes, images and linguistic peculiarities and discover where the poetry of the two countries touches and where it contradicts itself.
In the end stands a bilingual collection that shows how much translation can achieve when it is taken seriously.
Who is “VERSschmuggel” for?
This volume is for readers who are interested in poetry and translation and enjoy hearing voices from other countries. Anyone interested in Kazakhstan and poetry under political pressure will find poems here straight from the source. Those who translate themselves, or who want to follow the work behind translations, gain a good insight through the bilingual format.
When is “VERSschmuggel” the best read?
Poetry is easy to read in small portions, say one poem in the morning or a few lines before sleep. The volume suits quiet hours when you can take your time comparing the two languages side by side.
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