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Translation challenge winner announced

For the first time ever, the work of one of Turkey’s foremost twentieth century poets has been translated into Welsh.

Nâzim Hikmet's poetry was chosen as the subject of the 2017 Her Gyfieithu (Translation Challenge), which is organised by the Wales Literature Exchange, part of the ...more

Awarding the Winner of the Welsh-language Translation Challenge 2017

The Welsh-language winner of the 2017 Translation Challenge will be announced at an event held by Wales Literature Exchange and Wales PEN Cymru on the Aberystwyth University stand at the National Eisteddfod Ynys Môn, Thursday, 10 August 2017 at 3pm.

This year’s challenge was to ...more

The Old Red Tongue – a new anthology of Welsh literature published

The Old Red Tongue a anthology of over 300 texts – poems, plays, memoirs, essays, extracts from novels and short stories, hymns, eulogies, elegies, medieval prose, political and theological commentaries – from nearly 200 writers covering every period from the 6th century to the ...more

Winner of Translation Challenge 2017 announced at Hay Festival

Dr Şebnem Susam-Saraeva, Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies at the University of Edinburgh, was announced the winner of this year's competition (English section) and of the prize of £250, at the Wales PEN Cymru event in Hay Festival this week.

The Translation Challenge is ...more