Event details
Zoom Reading & Discussion - Translations from
A Proclamation for Peace
(a poem by Kim Stafford, translated for the world)
This translation project grew from a collaboration between former Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford and OSTI.
Our goal was to send a message of peace and hope around the world by translating Kim's poem "A Proclamation for Peace" into as many world languages as possible.
The result is a book with over 50 translations, published by Little Infinities (Portland, Oregon) this autumn. A Proclamation for Peace includes translations into Arabic and Hebrew, Russian and Ukrainian, and Tibetan and Mandarin. A Proclamation for Peace is dedicated "To the children everywhere."
Join OSTI, Kim Stafford, and host Allison deFreese for this Zoom event for peace featuring translators from Nepal, Peru, Ukraine, the U.S., and other countries who will read their translations of Kim's poem and discuss their process as translators. Please note that times listed are in Pacific Time.
Can't attend this Zoom event? Check out these in-person readings, including at Portland State University on November 4th with OSTI host Malcolm Goldman.
Wishing you peace and calm this autumn,
Allison deFreese
President
The Oregon Society of Translators and Interpreters
Photo credit, Michael Nye.
The girl is holding a poem by Mahmoud Darwish. Here is an excerpt translated by Aziz Shihab: I long for my mother’s bread And my mother’s coffee And my mother’s touch And my childhood grows up One day following days full of patience And I love my life Because if I die My mother’s tears will shame me