W-Orte: Poetry Festival, Munich July 2010
Translation: Romanian, English, Deutsch
On 1st July 2010, 11 poets, all participants of the poetry p f poetry tREnD project, met with students, professors and the Director of the 'Writing in German as a Second Language' programme, for two full days of workshops and readings held at the Ludwig Maximilians University, the Literaturhaus, and the Lyrik Kabinett in Munich.
Meetin outside the University
Jacqueline and Maria Luise Schlay
Jacqueline reading at the the Literaturhaus
Organised by Aprilia Zank, who runs the Dichthauer translation group, the festival brought together representatives of the project's participating poets and translators, with a view to deepening the understanding between us and extending our collaboration.
The poets who attended are: Anne Berkeley, Gary Bills, Martyn Crucefix, Michael Curtis, Jacqueline Gabbitas, Kavita Jindal, Graham Mummery, Peter Phillips, Anna Robinson, Anne Stewart and Se‡n Street.
DICHTHAUER was almost fully represented... Heading the team, Aprilia Zank and translators: Anna Barbara Braun, Anna Hubrich, Christoph Hueber, Barbara Koch, Judith Kšniger, Chrissanti Moukrioti (Greece), Barbara OberhŠuser, Maria Luise Schlay, Lukas Sonnberger, Sabina Stiglmayr, Isabella Wiegund and Julie Winter (US).
"... the workshops were really inspiring and helpful, too. We learned a lot about techniques of translation, about improvisation and creative processes. I think that was a fantastic example of an intercultural, interlinguistic and intergenerational encounter that asks for repetition!" - Anna Barbara Braun
"We had no idea what to expect from this first Literature Festival in Munich... the highlight of the whole festival was the readings. The poems we knew came to life when the poets read them outloud, and it was a wonderful gift to hear them read other poems we did not yet know." - Julie Winter
For further information see >>www.poetrypf.co.uk/poetrytrendfest10.html