''Ars Interpres'' was an online and in-print international
literary journal, originating in
Stockholm
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. It published primarily contemporary English language poetry and English translations of modern Scandinavian and European poetry, as well as articles on poetic translation and other related materials. ''Ars Interpres'' also includes reviews, review-essays, interviews, art, and photography. According to their website, it stopped publication in 2012.
The magazine featured fiction, poetry, interviews and essays by such internationally renowned writers as
Les Murray,
Ruth Padel,
Göran Sonnevi,
Eamon Grennan,
Pia Tafdrup,
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Justin Heaney (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish Irish poetry, poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Among his best-known works is ''Death of a Naturalist'' (1966), his first m ...
,
Giannina Braschi
Giannina Braschi (born February 5, 1953) is a Puerto Rican poet, novelist, dramatist, and scholar. Her notable works include '' Empire of Dreams'' (1988), '' Yo-Yo Boing!'' (1998), '' United States of Banana'' (2011), and '' Putinoika'' (2024). ...
,
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill,
Tadeusz Różewicz,
Diane di Prima,
Regina Derieva,
Alicia Ostriker,
Dennis Nurkse,
Tomas Venclova,
Mariela Griffor
Mariela Griffor (born September 29, 1961, in Concepcion, Chile), is a poet, editor, publisher of Marick Press and diplomat. She is author of four poetry collections, ''Exiliana'', ''House'', ''The Psychiatrist'' and most recently, ''Declassified ...
,
John Kinsella, and
Gunnar Harding. In addition ''Ars Interpres'' published translations of international poetry, new versions of classical poems, and translations of European and Russian poets of the past such as
Giacomo Leopardi
Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi (29 June 1798 – 14 June 1837) was an Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist. Considered the greatest Italian poet of the 19th century and one of the greatest a ...
,
Gerrit Achterberg, and
Osip Mandelstam
Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam (, ; – 27 December 1938) was a Russian and Soviet poet. He was one of the foremost members of the Acmeist school.
Osip Mandelstam was arrested during the repressions of the 1930s and sent into internal exile wi ...
.
The journal's staff organised the ''Ars Interpres'' annual poetry festival.
See also
*
List of literary magazines
Below is a list of literary magazines and journals: periodicals devoted to book reviews, creative nonfiction, essays, poems, short fiction, and similar literary endeavors.
*Because the majority are from the United States, the country of origin ...
References
* A New Connection in Stockholm, ''NY Arts Magazine'', May/June 2006
* Show #66: Europa & Show #116: Ars Interpres, ''Cross-Cultural Poetics'' (inside PENNsound -
Electronic Poetry Center), 10-29-0
External links
Ars Interpres Web site
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