Mind the Gap: An Interview with Gilles Ortlieb
Clare Roberts interviews French poet Gilles Ortlieb on his upbringing in Morocco, his creative process, and the way in which he chose to respond to… Read More
Author Archives: newdivan
Barbara’s Persian Poets: Goethe and the Gingko Leaf
Kadhim J. Hassan – “Translating European Poetry into Arabic Culture”
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Stefan Weidner – “The New Tasks of the Translator: The West-Eastern Divan and the problematic legacy of translation theories from Goethe to Benjamin”
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Narguess Farzad – “Hafiz and the Challenges of Translating Persian Poetry into English”
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Robyn Creswell – “Playing a Part: Imru’ al-Qays in English”
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Rajmohan Gandhi – “Goethe and the East of Today”
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Sibylle Wentker – “Bringing Persian to Germany”
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New Divan Website Launch, 24th June 2020
On Wednesday 24th June Gingko celebrated the launch of its New Divan website with a special celebration of poetry across borders. The event took place… Read More
The Essays
In addition to the poems in A New Divan, there are three pairs of essays, which enhance and complement the poems, mirroring Goethe’s original ‘Notes… Read More