Well if that was by his own choice, I know how he feels. Being bilingual
and writing with both languages kind of makes the translation of one's
poetry in one language into the other seem a little unnecessary, at least
to me. If people want to read my poetry in English, they can read the
poetry I've actually written in English. Though this is a position that's
likely to undergo some changes in the future, who knows. :)
KS
On 11 June 2013 15:49, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I don't think any of his Finnish poetry has been translated.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Kasper Salonen <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Jun 11, 2013 4:08 AM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: hollo
> >
> >Yeah Mark, he's definitely one of the most lauded/appreciated poets up
> >here; although to be frank he's mainly a matter of interest to his
> >surviving contemporaries and to enthusiastic belles lettres -audiences. He
> >became a topic of discussion again around his death, not surprisingly, and
> >culturally aware Finns do recognize his name. Although he did spend most
> of
> >his life elsewhere, he was and is widely considered a treasure (by the
> kind
> >of people who are interested in poetry in the first place).
> >
> >KS
> >
> >
> >On 11 June 2013 02:53, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> I meant as a poet. He also wrote in Finnish.
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >From: Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >Sent: Jun 10, 2013 7:35 PM
> >> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >> >Subject: Re: hollo
> >> >
> >> >On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Kasper, do you know if Anselm has a reputation in Finland?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Why wouldn't he? He was a major translator of works from Finnish to
> >> >English.
> >> >
> >> >Hal
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >"Reality cannot be copywrited."
> >> > --David Shields
> >> >
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> >> >On Barcelona <http://onbarcelona.blogspot.com/> (submissions sought;
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> >> >
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> >>
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> >>
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> >> >
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> >> >of Harmony<
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall04/theory1.pdf
> >> >
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> >>
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> >> >
> >> >; **Guide to the Tokyo
> >> >Subway<
> >>
> http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Tokyo-Subway-Other-Poems/dp/0971487316/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1283183153&sr=1-3
> >> >
> >> >; **The Sonnet Project<
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/hsonnet.pdf
> >> >
> >> >; **G(e)nome <http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall03/genome.pdf>;
> >> **Winter
> >> >Journey <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.winter.html>;
> >> >**Eclipse<http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.eclipse.html>
> >> >; **The Dance of the Red Swan <
> >> http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.dance.html>
> >> >; **Transparencies & Projections<
> >> http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.transp.html>
> >> >*
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