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Willis Barnstone Translation Prize
The Willis Barnstone Translation Prize is an annual award given to an exceptional translation of a poem from any language into English. The prize was inaugurated in 2002 by the University of Evansville, and has been presented annually since 2003. The award is given in honor of the distinguished poet and translator, Willis Barnstone, and Dr. Barnstone has served each year as the contest's final judge. The distinction comes with a cash prize of USD $1,000, and the winning poem or poems are published in '' The Evansville Review''. After the retirement of Dr. William Baer in 2015, Dr. Tiffany Griffith, professor at the University of Evansville The University of Evansville (UE) is a private university in Evansville, Indiana. It was founded in 1854 as Moores Hill College. The university operates a satellite center, Harlaxton College, in Grantham, England. UE offers more than 80 differ ..., became the director of the competition. Winners References External links ''The Evansvil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''translating'' (a written text) and ''interpreting'' (oral or signed communication between users of different languages); under this distinction, translation can begin only after the appearance of writing within a language community. A translator always risks inadvertently introducing source-language words, grammar, or syntax into the target-language rendering. On the other hand, such "spill-overs" have sometimes imported useful source-language calques and loanwords that have enriched target languages. Translators, including early translators of sacred texts, have helped shape the very languages into which they have translated. Because of the laboriousness of the translation process, since the 1940s efforts have been made, with varying degrees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khrystyna Mykhailiuk
Khrystyna ( uk, Христина) is a Ukrainian feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Khrystyna Alchevska, Ukrainian teacher and a prominent activist for national education in Imperial Russia. * Khrystyna Antoniichuk, former professional tennis player from Ukraine. * Khrystyna Dmytrenko, Ukrainian biathlete. * Khrystyna Kots-Hotlib, Ukrainian singer and beauty pageant. * Khrystyna Mykhailichenko, Ukrainian pianist * Khrystyna Pohranychna, Ukrainian individual rhythmic gymnast. * Khrystyna Soloviy, Ukrainian-Lemko folk singer. * Khrystyna Stoloka, Ukrainian model and beauty pageant. * Khrystyna Stuy, Ukrainian sprint athlete. * Khrystyna Yaroshenko, Ukrainian film producer, editor, and director in New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Berlina
Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "protector of man". The name Alexandra was one of the epithets given to the Greek goddess Hera and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". The earliest attested form of the name is the Mycenaean Greek ( or //), written in the Linear B syllabic script.Tablet MY V 659 (61). Alexandra and its masculine equivalent, Alexander, are both common names in Greece as well as countries where Germanic, Romance, and Slavic languages are spoken. Variants * Alejandra, Alejandrina (diminutive) (Spanish) * Aleksandra (Александра) ( Albanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian) * Alessandra (Italian) * Alessia (Italian) * Alex (various languages) * Alexa (English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 In Literature
Eleven or 11 may refer to: *11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 * one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn *''Eleven'', a 1970 collection of short stories by Patricia Highsmith *''Eleven'', a 2004 children's novel in The Winnie Years by Lauren Myracle *''Eleven'', a 2008 children's novel by Patricia Reilly Giff *''Eleven'', a short story by Sandra Cisneros Music *Eleven (band), an American rock band * Eleven: A Music Company, an Australian record label *Up to eleven, an idiom from popular culture, coined in the movie ''This Is Spinal Tap'' Albums * ''11'' (The Smithereens album), 1989 * ''11'' (Ua album), 1996 * ''11'' (Bryan Adams album), 2008 * ''11'' (Sault album), 2022 * ''Eleven'' (Harry Connick, Jr. album), 1992 * ''Eleven'' (22-Pistepirkko album), 1998 * ''Eleven'' (Sugarcult album), 1999 * ''Eleven'' (B'z album), 2000 * ''Eleven'' (Reamon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip White (poet)
Philip or Phil White may refer to: * Phil White (American football) (1900–1982), American football halfback * Phil White (politician) (1938–2000), Australian politician * Phil R. White (born 1963), Canadian artist and sculptor * Philip White (Canadian politician) (1923–2013), mayor of York, Ontario, 1970–1978 * Philip Bruce White Philip Bruce White (29 December 1891 – 19 March 1949) was a British microbiologist. In 1926, White published a schema for classifying salmonella bacteria based on serum.F. Kauffmann: ''Das Fundament.'' Munksgaard, Kopenhagen, 1978. This was l ... (1891–1949), British microbiologist * Philip Jacob White (1863–1929), British physician and zoologist * Philip L. White (1923–2009), American historian and civic activist * Phil White (footballer) (1930–2000), English football winger * Philip Rodney White (1901–1968), American agricultural scientist * Philip White (composer), spanish composer {{hndis, White, Philip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ned Balbo
Ned Balbo (born November 19, 1959, Mineola, New York) is an American poet, translator, and essayist. Life Ned Balbo grew up on Long Island, New York. He was raised by Betty and Carmine Balbo, his birth mother's half-sister and her husband. His birth parents are Donald R. and Elaine D. Osterloh who were not yet married to each other. The couple had previously conceived Balbo's older sister who was raised by paternal relatives. At thirteen Balbo learned he was adopted and was informed of his birth parents' and sister's identities. This background informs his creative work. Balbo graduated from Brentwood High School in 1977. He earned his Bachelor of Arts at Vassar College in 1981, his Master of Arts at Johns Hopkins University in 1986, and his Master of Fine Arts at the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1989. Balbo taught poetry and prose at Loyola University Maryland from 1990 to 2014. He was also a visiting faculty member in the MFA program in Creative Writing and Environment at Io ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2012. Events *January 1 – Copyright restrictions on James Joyce's major works are lifted on the first day of the year, 70 years having passed last year since his death. *January 20 – British novelist Salman Rushdie cancels an appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival in India, and four other writers leave the city after reading excerpts from '' The Satanic Verses'', which is banned in the country. *February – James Joyce's children's story ''The Cats of Copenhagen'' is published for the first time by Ithys Press in Dublin. *March – The discovery is announced of a collection of fairy tales gathered by the historian Franz Xaver von Schönwerth and locked in a Regensburg archive for more than 150 years. *April – While attending the London Book Fair, the exiled Chinese writer Ma Jian uses red paint to smear a cross over his face and a copy of his banned book '' Beijing Coma'' and calls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marci Vogel
__NOTOC__ Marci may refer to: * 3791 Marci, a main belt asteroid named after Jan Marek Marci * Marci (crater), a lunar crater named after Jan Marek Marci * '' Marci Beaucoup'', a studio album by American hip hop artist Roc Marciano Biology * '' Odetta marci'', a species of sea snail * '' Felimare marci'', a species of sea slug * ''Bibio marci'', a fly from the family Bibionidae * '' Neptis marci'', a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae * '' Aphnaeus marci'', a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae * '' Cephetola marci'', a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae Movies * Marci X, a 2003 American romcom movie * '' Marci és a kapitány'', a Hungarian series of puppet films from 1977 People * Carl Marci (born 1969), an American neuroscientist * Jan Marek Marci (1595–1667), a Czech doctor and scientist * Marci Alboher an American author and journalist from New York * Marci Bowers (born 1958), an American gynecologist * Marci Francisco (born 1950) a U.S. Democratic member of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Noviċ
Sara may refer to: Arts, media and entertainment Film and television * ''Sara'' (1992 film), 1992 Iranian film by Dariush Merhjui * ''Sara'' (1997 film), 1997 Polish film starring Bogusław Linda * ''Sara'' (2010 film), 2010 Sri Lankan Sinhala thriller directed by Nishantha Pradeep * ''Sara'' (2015 film), 2015 Hong Kong psychological thriller * ''Sara'' (1976 TV series), 1976 American western series * ''Sara'' (1985 TV series), 1985 American situation comedy * ''Sara'' (Belgian TV series), 2007–08 Flemish telenovella on Belgian television * "Sara" (''Arrow'' episode), an episode of Arrow Music * Sara (band), a Finnish band * "Sara" (Bob Dylan song), a song by Bob Dylan for the 1976 album ''Desire'' * "Sara" (Fleetwood Mac song), a song by Fleetwood Mac from the 1979 LP ''Tusk'' * "Sara" (Starship song), a song by Starship from the 1985 album ''Knee Deep in the Hoopla'' *"Sara", a song by Bill Champlin from the 1981 LP ''Runaway'' * "Sarah" (other)#Music, so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Campiglio
Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr (or "protomartyr") of the Christian Church. In English, Stephen is most commonly pronounced as ' (). The name, in both the forms Stephen and Steven, is often shortened to Steve or Stevie. The spelling as Stephen can also be pronounced which is from the Greek original version, Stephanos. In English, the female version of the name is Stephanie. Many surnames are derived from the first name, including Stephens, Stevens, Stephenson, and Stevenson, all of which mean "Stephen's (son)". In modern times the name has sometimes been given with intentionally non-standard spelling, such as Stevan or Stevon. A common variant of the name used in English is Stephan ; related names that have found some cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2013. Events *21 January – An annual Orwell Day is instituted. *26 January – Fleeing Islamist insurgents set fire to library buildings in Timbuktu containing manuscripts, mostly in Arabic, dating back to 1204. *7 March – World Book Day becomes a UNESCO-designated event marked in more than 100 countries. *April – J. K. Rowling publishes a detective novel, '' The Cuckoo's Calling'', under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, with the U.K. publisher Sphere Books. The author's identity is revealed by the media in July. * 23 April – World Book Night. *28 April – ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'', Simon Stephens' stage adaptation of a novel by Mark Haddon, wins a record seven awards at the 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards in London. *1 July – Publisher Penguin Random House is created by a merger. * 3 September – The new Library of Birmingham, the largest public library in the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Sedarat
Roger Sedarat is an Iranian-American poet, scholar, and literary translator. Creative Work/Publications He is the author of four poetry collections: ''Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic'', which won Ohio UP's 2007 Hollis Summers' Prize, ''Ghazal Games'' (Ohio University Press, 2011), ''Foot Faults: Tennis Poems'' (David Roberts Books, 2016), and ''Haji as Puppet: an Orientalist Burlesque'', which won the Tenth Gate Prize for a Mid-Career Poet (Word Works, 2017). In his poetry, he frequently crosses the post-modern American tradition with the classical Persian tradition, reproducing his hybrid identity in his verse. His poetry and literary translations have appeared in such journals as ''Poetry'', ''New England Review'', and ''Michigan Quarterly Review''. He has also published the chapbooks: ''Eco-Logic of the Word Lamb/Translations & Imitations'' (Ghost Bird Press, 2016) and ''From Tehran to Texas'' (Cervena Barva, 2007). Co-author and co-translator of "Nature and Nos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
