2012 Conference Program - The University of Texas at Dallas
2012 Conference Program - The University of Texas at Dallas
2012 Conference Program - The University of Texas at Dallas
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will each focus on a different figure, and follow the traces <strong>of</strong> influence on English-languagepoets writing in the wake <strong>of</strong> their work as transl<strong>at</strong>ors. Part celebr<strong>at</strong>ion and part defense <strong>of</strong>the art for its own sake, this panel will argue th<strong>at</strong> wh<strong>at</strong>ever else poets gain from the practice<strong>of</strong> transl<strong>at</strong>ion, the gre<strong>at</strong>est reward <strong>of</strong>ten comes when they turn back to their own poems,haunted and inhabited by the voices <strong>of</strong> others.P<strong>at</strong>rick Philips: “<strong>The</strong> Branch Will Not Break: Transl<strong>at</strong>ion & the Transform<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> James Wright”Jen Grotz: “<strong>The</strong> Influence <strong>of</strong> Transl<strong>at</strong>ion on W. S. Merwin and theInfluence <strong>of</strong> W. S. Merwin on American Poetry”Ted Genoways: “Robert Bly as Poet and Transl<strong>at</strong>or”Jon<strong>at</strong>han Cohen: “William Carlos Williams & His P<strong>at</strong>erson: How Transl<strong>at</strong>ion Shaped Its Poetics.”11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Bilingual Readings IX: White Pine Press & Others(Green Room)s<strong>at</strong>urday (cont.)11:30 Rhonda Buchanan Alberto Ruy Sanchez (f) Mexico (Spanish)11:45 Stephen Kessler Luis Cernuda (p) Spain (Spanish)12:00 Marella Feltrin-Morris Paulo Masino (f) Italy (Italian)12:15 Chad Davidson Paulo Masino (f) Italy (Italian)12:30 Dennis Maloney Yosano Akiko (p) Japan (Japanese)12:45 – 3:00 p.m. Lunch12:45 – 3:00 p.m. <strong>The</strong> Prism Effect(Ballroom)Several transl<strong>at</strong>ors <strong>of</strong> Stanley Kunitz’s sign<strong>at</strong>ure poem “<strong>The</strong> Layers” will read their transl<strong>at</strong>ionsand discuss the problems and epiphanies experienced during the transl<strong>at</strong>ion process.<strong>The</strong>y will read their transl<strong>at</strong>ions; others, too, who can read other languages, will read some<strong>of</strong> the other transl<strong>at</strong>ions. <strong>The</strong> moder<strong>at</strong>or theorizes th<strong>at</strong> the multilingual transl<strong>at</strong>ion process<strong>of</strong> this very significant poem produces wh<strong>at</strong> he calls “<strong>The</strong> Prism Effect”: Each transl<strong>at</strong>ionbecomes a facet through a reading <strong>of</strong> which is like a refraction, revealing the rainbow range<strong>of</strong> thought and feeling embedded in the original poem. <strong>The</strong> moder<strong>at</strong>or contends, too, th<strong>at</strong>only a poem <strong>of</strong> gre<strong>at</strong> poetic power in imagery and rhythm and content can withstand themultilingual transl<strong>at</strong>ion process and can, thus, produce this Prism Effect. In a very realsense, transl<strong>at</strong>ion is refraction. But he admonishes th<strong>at</strong> it would take a Mario Pei, whoknew 50 languages, to fully realize th<strong>at</strong> effect in a single receptive ear and mind.Stanley H. Barkan: Moder<strong>at</strong>or and reader <strong>of</strong> SwahiliHassanal Abdullah: Bengali transl<strong>at</strong>orSultan C<strong>at</strong>to:Reader <strong>of</strong> Turkish transl<strong>at</strong>ion by Talât Sait HalmanAdriana X. Jacobs:Reader <strong>of</strong> Hebrew transl<strong>at</strong>ion by Orna Ra-HonSilvia K<strong>of</strong>ler:Reader <strong>of</strong> German transl<strong>at</strong>ion by Rainer SchulteBeverly M<strong>at</strong>herne:French transl<strong>at</strong>orBiljana D. Obradović: Serbian transl<strong>at</strong>orKyung-Nyun Kim Richards: Reader <strong>of</strong> Korean transl<strong>at</strong>ion by Ko WonStoyan Tchoukanov “Tchouki”: Cre<strong>at</strong>or <strong>of</strong> the French-English broadsides portfolio26
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