Gŵyl Haf | Most widely read Welsh language poet Menna Elfyn @gwylhaf8891 | Uploaded March 2021 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
The most widely read Welsh language poet Menna Elfyn talks about her poetry, translation and Wales PEN Cymru.
Menna has multiple books with Bloodaxe:
bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category/menna-elfyn
If you're picking only one we'd recommend starting with Bondo.
This comes to you as part of Gwyl 2021, a collaboration between Welsh festivals; Focus Wales, Festival of Voice, Aberystwyth Comedy Festival and Other Voices Wales.
The literature programming on Friday 12th March 2021 has been produced by Gŵyl Haf.
Gŵyl Haf is a festival of translated literature and arts. The world’s top translators - currently into and out of English - come together to celebrate the art of translation and diversify your reading. Gŵyl was founded in the Wye Valley, in South Wales, and is hosted all over the world.
Find Us:
gwyl.org
twitter.com/gwylhaf
instagram.com/gwylhaf
The most widely read Welsh language poet Menna Elfyn talks about her poetry, translation and Wales PEN Cymru.
Menna has multiple books with Bloodaxe:
bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category/menna-elfyn
If you're picking only one we'd recommend starting with Bondo.
This comes to you as part of Gwyl 2021, a collaboration between Welsh festivals; Focus Wales, Festival of Voice, Aberystwyth Comedy Festival and Other Voices Wales.
The literature programming on Friday 12th March 2021 has been produced by Gŵyl Haf.
Gŵyl Haf is a festival of translated literature and arts. The world’s top translators - currently into and out of English - come together to celebrate the art of translation and diversify your reading. Gŵyl was founded in the Wye Valley, in South Wales, and is hosted all over the world.
Find Us:
gwyl.org
twitter.com/gwylhaf
instagram.com/gwylhaf
![Why Translation is Art [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gkZMoeqLrgQ/hqdefault.jpg "Why Translation is Art [CC]
Find out more about this years programme at Gŵyl Haf: https://www.gwyl.org/
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00:00 Intro
00:52 Translations
1:42 Definition of Art
2:41 1. Process
3:34 2. Purity
5:09 3. Indivisibility
5:50 4. Influence
6:13 Conclusion")
