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Bard Translation and Translatability Initiative and Russian/Eurasian Studies Program Present

Windows, Murk, and Magic Spells in Daniil Kharms: A Translation Workshop

Friday, May 5, 2023

Olin, Room 202
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Matvei Yankelevich, Lecturer in Translation and Book Arts, Columbia University

Matvei Yankelevich is a poet, translator, and editor whose publications include Some Worlds for Dr. Vogt (Black Square), Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms (Overlook), and, most recently, the chapbook Dead Winter (Fonograf). He is the editor of World Poetry Books, a nonprofit publisher of poetry in translation, and teaches translation and book arts at Columbia University's School of the Arts.

Yankelevich will illustrate translation strategies as they apply to the work of Daniil Kharms, iconoclastic writer of the early Soviet avant garde; participants of the workshop will join forces in the translation of a few short works by Kharms.

Proficiency in Russian is not required. We particularly encourage creative writers of all sorts to join their Russian-proficient peers in this rare opportunity to learn from a master of poetic translation.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].

Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Location: Olin, Room 202

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