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''Modern Poetry in Translation'' is a literary magazine and publisher based in the United Kingdom. The magazine was started by
Ted Hughes Edward James Hughes (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. He wa ...
and Daniel Weissbort in 1965. It was relaunched by
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in 1992. The college published it until 2003. It publishes contemporary
poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...
from all around the world, in English. Its first issue was a landmark. Writers previously unknown to the West were introduced by Hughes and Weissbort. The list included Miroslav Holub, Yehuda Amichai, Ivan Lalić, Zbigniew Herbert, Czesław Miłosz (who would later win the
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), Andrei Voznesensky, and
Vasko Popa Vasile "Vasko" Popa ( sr-Cyrl, Васко Попа; 29 June 1922 – 5 January 1991) was a Yugoslav and Serbian poet of Romanian ethnicity. Biography Popa was born in the village of Grebenac (), Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia) into a Banat ...
(later written of as "one of the best European poets writing today" by literary critic John Bayley of Oxford University in an essay in ''
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'' on a translation of Popa by
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with an introduction by Ted Hughes in "The Persea Series of Poetry in Translation," general editor Daniel Weissbort). Founder and editor Weissbort headed The University of Iowa translation workshop program for decades. Of his many books, Weissbort edited ''Translation: Theory and Practice: A Historical Reader'' that was published by the
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, edited with Astradur Eysteinsson. The London ''
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'' newspaper wrote that Weissbort founded Carcanet Press. ''
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'' excerpted a Weissbort translation of ''
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'' by
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after Modiano received the
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. On the Stanford University site of ''The Book Haven'' by Cynthia Haven, in an obituary of Daniel Weissbort, Daniel Weissbort is defined as a "master translator." Also on this Stanford University web site, Weissbort is called a champion of translation. Weissbort has genius in translation, obituary of Weissbort in ''Translationista''. To celebrate the magazine's 50th anniversary, a microsite was developed to present the first issue of ''Modern Poetry in Translation'' in its entirety, including high resolution scans of the original print document. The microsite was expanded to a full website at www.modernpoetryintranslation.com in 2018. The original anniversary microsite, and first issue, is available at modernpoetryintranslation.com/home-50 via the
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. From 2012 to 2017 Sasha Dugdale was the editor of ''Modern Poetry in Translation'', overseeing a redesign and publishing sixteen issues of the magazine as well as its fiftieth anniversary anthology ''Centres of Cataclysm'' (Bloodaxe, 2016). Clare Pollard was editor from 2017 to 2022. From issue No. 3 2022 (Wrap It in Banana Leaves: The Food Focus) the editor has been Khairani Barokka until November 2023. Managing Editor Sarah Hesketh edited Bearing the Burden of Sameness: Focus on Care (April 2024). From July 2024 the magazine is edited by Janani Ambikapathy.


Magazine issues

Salam to Gaza: Focus on Dissent and Resistance (2024 No 2) Bearing the Burden of Sameness: Focus on Care (2024 No 1) Fresh and Salt: Focus on Water (2023 No 3) Call the Sea a Poet: Focus on Malta (2023 No 2) Measureless Melodies: Focus on Vietnam (2023 No 1) Wrap it in Banana Leaves: The Food Focus (2022 No 3) The Previous Song: Focus on Somali Poetry (2022 No 2) The Fingers of Our Soul: The Bodies Focus (2022 No 1) Slap Bang: Focus on German-Language poetry (2021 No 3) If No One Names Us: Focus on Mexico (2021 No 2) Clean Hands: Focus on the Pandemic in Europe (2021 No 1) Origins of the Fire Emoji: Focus on Dead
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Poets (2020 No 3) The World for a Moment: Focus on Czech Poetry (2020 No 2) Dream Colours: Focus on Japan (2020 No 1) I Have not Known a Grief Like This: Focus on Extinction (2019 No 3) The Illuminated Paths: Focus on Poets of the Maghreb (2019 No 2) Our Small Universe: Focus on Languages of the United Kingdom (2019 No 1) In a Winter City: Focus on Hungary and Ted Hughes (2018 No 3
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The House of Thirst: Focus on LGBTQ+ Poetry (2018 No 2
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Profound Pyromania: Focus on Caribbean Poetry (2018 No 1
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War of the Beasts and the Animals: Russian and Ukrainian Poetry (2017 No 3
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A Blossom Shroud: Focus on the Poets of Shubbak (2017 No 2
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Songs of the Shattered Throat: Focus on the Languages of India (2017 No 1
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The Blue Vein: Focus on Korean Poetry (2016 No 3
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One Thousand Suns: Focus on the Languages of Africa (2016 No 2
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The Great Flight: Refugee Focus (2016 No 1
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The Tangled Route: Uruguayan Focus (2015 No 3
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I WISH... Children's Focus: (2015 No 2) Scorched Glass: Iranian Focus (2015 No 1) The Singing of the Scythe: Poetry of The First World War (2014 No 3) The Constellation: Poetry International (2014 No 2) Twisted Angels: Brazilian Focus (2014 No 1) Secret Agents of Sense: Polish Focus (2013 No 3) Between Clay and Star: Romanian Focus (2013 No 2) Strange Tracks: Focus on Dutch Poetry (2013 No 1)


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A review of MPT in ''The Guardian''
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