Ted Hughes and Translation Dennis Tomlinson Anton Shammas: Three poems

Anton Shammas: Three poems

Lewd and clear

those lights

the latter three of whom held the first UK poetry readings of Emirati modernist poetry at the 2010 Ledbury Poetry Festival and at London’s South Bank Centre

Ted Hughes and Translation Dennis Tomlinson Anton Shammas: Three poemsTed Hughes and Daniel Weissbort, as co founders of the quarterly magazine Modern Poetry in Translation, had a working relationship over many years. Weissbort provides a unique insight into Hughess views on translation and on his interest in making accessible the work of foreign language poets and classical drama. "Poetry is less and less a prisoner of its own language", Hughes wrote, inaugurating the first Poetry International. With many examples,