Friday 26 February, 5pm. Dr Georgina Barker, 'Translating Sappho Straight into Russian'

Friday 26 February, 5pm. Dr Georgina Barker, 'Translating Sappho Straight into Russian', chaired by Phoebe Brereton (MA Classical Reception student)

“Sappho was a lesbian: a right-on woman, who wrote poetry about her love of women. Everyone knows that, right?” – Maybe. Sappho’s sexuality depends on which Sappho you read: which edition, which history, which translation. In twentieth-century Russia there were just two complete translations of Sappho, in editions which insistently straightened her out for a Soviet readership. This talk sets out the seven steps to Translating Sappho Straight into Russian.

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Please address any questions about this event to Fiachra Mac Góráin (f.macgorain@ucl.ac.uk).