2014

9th Annual Workshop

4-13 September 2014

Translating fiction by Birgül Oğuz and selected poems by Gökçenur Ç

Translated Titles
Presentations

Sunday, 06 September 2015
  • Guest speaker Ayşe Sarısayın:  Behçet Necatigil’in Hayatı ve Eserleri [The Life and Works of Behçet Necatigil]
  • Documentary: Behçet Necatigil’in Sesinden Şiirleri [The Poetry of Behçet Necatigil in His Own Voice]
Monday, 07 September 2015
  • Neil P. Doherty: ‘I would like it known that everything happened in my lifetime’: Thoughts and Questions on Translating the Poetry of İsmet Özel, Sezai Karakoç and Cahit Zarifoğlu
  • Saliha PakerThe Question of ‘Import’ and Behçet Necatigil’s Perspectives on Translating/ Being Translated
Wednesday, 09 September 2015
  • Amy SpanglerTranslating Sevgi Soysal’s Yenişehir’de Bir Öğle Vakti: Travels in Time, Space, and Humor
  • John AnglissReflections on Translating Hasan Ali Toptaş
Thursday, 10 September 2015
  • Arzu Eker RoditakisThe Post-Translation Adventures of Orhan Pamuk’s Snow
  • Kenneth DakanTruth or Dare? The Translator’s ‘Hundred Small Dares per Page’
Friday, 11 September 2015
  • Mel Kenne and İdil KaracadağShooting the Messenger: The Question of Literary Translation
  • Caroline Stockford: The İskender Venture
  • Airing of an interview with the poet Behçet Necatigil and a short discussion on the difficulties of finding his voice in English
Saturday, 12 September 2015
  • Group readings from translations done at the Workshop
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