Lit_cast Slovakia #15 s Johnom Minahanom

V 15. epizóde Lit_Cast Slovakia prekladateľ John Minahane vysvetľuje Julii Sherwood, prečo sa rozhodol znovu preložiť Krvavé sonety a čo má ich autor Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav spoločné s ruským futuristom Velemirom Chlebnikovom. Anglickým čitateľom v skratke a pútavo predstavuje rad slovenských autorov od Ladislava Novomeského, Miroslava Válka a Milana Rúfusa cez Ivana Štrpku až po Ivana Koleniča a Petra Maczovszkého, aj s krátkymi ukážkami z ich tvorby v angličtine.

In Lit_Cast Slovakia # 15 translator John Minahane tells Julia Sherwood why a new English translation of the anti-war cycle The Bloody Sonnets was needed and what their author Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav has in common with the Russian futurist poet Velemir Khlebnikov. His succinct and vivid characterisations of a range of Slovak writers from Ladislav Novomeský, Miroslav Válek and Milan Rúfus through Ivan Štrpka to Ivan Kolenič and Peter Macsovszky are accompanied by spirited readings from his translations of their works.

 

Background notes

 

John Minahane

     Six Slovak Poets, an anthology translated by John Minahane

     Excerpts from works by a variety of Slovak poets and prose writers translated by John Minahane

 

Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav

     The Bloody Sonnets trans John Minahane

 

Ladislav Novomeský

     John Minahane on Ladislav Novomeský

     Review of A Slovak Spring, translated and introduced by John Minahane

      “Among the Books” essay by Ladislav Novomeský, trans. John Minahane (in A Slovak Spring)

 

Milan Rúfus

      To Bear the Burden and Sing, details of a bilingual selection of Milan Rúfus’s poetry, trans. John Minahane

 

Ivan Štrpka

     John Minahane on translating Ivan Štrpka

 

Margita Figuli

     Excerpt from Tri gaštanové kone (Three Chestnut Horses), trans. John Minahane

 

Ivan Kolenič

      John Minahane on humour and irony in Kolenič’s Say Goodbye to Poetry

 

Peter Macsovszky

    Excerpt from Making Skeletons Dance on the Asymptote blog, trans. John Minahane

 

Erik Ondrejička