Material relating to Hughes's work with foreign poets and writers and his involvement with projects to publish their work in English, both in individual volumes and in the journal, Modern Poetry in Translation.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Bosnian, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Icelandic, and Slovenian
Partly typewritten and partly autograph correspondence (with some enclosures) sent to Ted Hughes and Daniel Weissbort by individuals and organisations in connection with their work as editors of the journal, Modern Poetry in Translation. The majority of the letters were sent to Hughes by Weissbor...
Partly typewritten and partly autograph, the majority of papers included are copies of translations of poetry (some with autograph annotations) by foreign poets including a number from Eastern Europe. A piece written by Daniel Weissbort about translating poetry; a radio play by Zbigniew Herbert; ...
Printed editions of the Modern Poetry in Translation journal (1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 9) and a note from Kings College, London, where the Modern Poetry in Translation archive is held. Also includes a partial copy of edition 1 with an autograph correction.
Partly typewritten and printed, partly autograph papers sent to Hughes in connection with the publication of a collection of Yehuda Amichai's poetry in English. Poems included are mainly in English though some are in Hebrew and German. Hughes worked on the publication of Amichai in English with ...
Printed volumes of Amichai's published poetry with some autograph annotations. Volumes included are as follows - Poems by Yehuda Amichai (1968), Love Poems (1981), Travels A bilingual edition (1986), Even a Fist Was Once an Open Palm with Fingers (1991) and Yehuda Amichai A Life in Poetry 1948-19...
Partly typewritten and printed, partly autograph correspondence and poetry exchanged between Hughes, the Serbian publisher, Књижевне новине, Chris Agee (about Scar on the Stone: Contemporary Poetry from Bosnia) and Bloodaxe Books. Literal translations, copies of original poetry in Bosnian, transl...