Poetry & Translation: A Dutch master, Gerrit Kouwe
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Lloyd Haft has an intriguing background and is highly qualified to talk about translating a grand old man, so you’re in for a treat.
Gerrit Kouwenaar, born in 1923, is arguably the greatest living Dutch poet. He no longer travels but his poetry does.
He was one of the leading lights in 1950s movement, a group of experimental poets influenced by the COBRA avant-garde movement. His reputation grew and by the 1980s, he not only had acquired a large loyal set of readers, but he also influenced many Dutch poets.
He has won all the major Dutch language poetry and literature prizes including, in 1970, the PC Hooft Prize for his entire oeuvre, and, in 1989, the Dutch Literature Prize again for his entire oeuvre. Now, towards the end of his career, he’s been writing some of his best work such as the remarkable Totaal witte kamer (Totally White Room) collection in 2002 which will be featured in the reading.
Lloyd Haft (1946) is an American-born Dutch poet, translator and sinologist, He has widely translated poetry into English from the Dutch and the Chinese, including works by Gerrit Kouwenaar, Anna Enquist, Lo Fu, Yang Lingye, Bian Zhilin and Zhou Mengdie.
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Time: 7:00pm
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