Word of the Day - Translating Shakespeare into Polish
Our Polish translators blog on the most challenging word(s) of the day, after taking part in A Great Feast of Languages workshop in Cologne.
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These blog posts offer an insight into some of the projects that we’ve supported and how the British Council works with literature, including interviews with writers, diaries from international visits, and reflections on completed or on-going projects. The opinions expressed in the blog are those of the authors.
Word of the Day - Translating Shakespeare into Romanian
Romanian translators taking part in A Great Feast of Languages workshop in Cologne blog on the most challenging word(s) of the day, when translating texts from Shakespeare's plays.
Word of the Day - Translating Shakespeare into German
German translators blog collaboratively on the most challenging word(s) of the day, as they take part in A Great Feast of Languages workshop in Cologne.
Index on Censorship: Edin Suljic
After visiting his homeland, former Yugoslavia, last summer Edin Suljic was inspired to write his latest poem My Mate Shakespeare. His poem featured in the Spring 2016 special Shakespeare edition of Index on Censorship magazine. The British Council helped to support an event with Index on Censorship around Shakespeare and dissent at the Hay Festival on June 3rd 2016.
Index on Censorship: Shakespeare and dissent
The British Council supported an exciting programme of events at Hay Festival, celebrating Shakespeare on the 400 year anniversary of his death. On Friday 3 June, Rachael Jolley, editor of Index on Censorship magazine, was in conversation with Simon Callow, David Aaronovitch and Alexa Huang for an event on Shakespeare and dissent.
A blog from Beyt el Kottab
Writer Kerry Young on her recent trip to Beirut for the International Writers' House, Beyt el Kottab.
Poem 'AT 45, TO 45' by Sampurna Chattarji
For our Sonnet Exchange event at the Southbank Centre's Alchemy Festival we commissioned Sampurna Chattarji to write a poetic response to a Shakespearean Sonnet.
The Shame - a new poem by Daljit Nagra
For our Sonnet Exchange event at Alchemy Festival this year, Next Generation poet Daljit Nagra was commissioned to write a response to a Shakespeare sonnet. He chose Sonnet 69.
Poem by Kaiser Haq in response to Shakespeare's Sonnet 66
For our Sonnet Exchange event at Alchemy Festival this year, Bangladeshi poet Kaiser Haq was commissioned to write a response to Shakespeare. Kaiser chose to take as his starting point Sonnet 66, 'Tired with all these, for restful death I cry'. His response is below.
Daljit Nagra comments on his new poem 'The Shame'
In this blog post, Daljit Nagra comments on his new poem 'The Shame' which draws inspiration both from Shakespeare Sonnets and the Bollywood drama of a modern Indian marriage.
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