My main project this autumn has been translating the Somalian poet Caasha Luul Mohamud Yusuf for the Poetry Translation Centre. It’s been fascinating to learn about Somalian poetry, which is still very rooted to the oral trandition, and I’ve spent the last few days immersed in the Gabay form, which – almost like anglo-saxon poetry [...]
Archive for October, 2011
Somali Poets’ Tour
Posted in Uncategorized on October 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
India Pics
Posted in Uncategorized on October 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Just got back from India – I was there for three weeks, with my mum and then my husband for company – and had an incredible time. It’s such an intense, fascinating, difficult, beautiful place. I was reading Narayan’s translations of The Ramayana and The Mahabharata whilst I was there – both highly recommended – [...]
