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Translating Amanda Gorman

Entrusting the translation to a white person was called into question as 'The Hill We Climb' is connected to racial issues and Afro-American identity.
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31 marzo 2021
di Redazione
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Amanda Gorman is the 22-year-old African American poet who became famous after reading her poem The Hill We Climb at Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony. Much has been discussed in the world of publishing lately about who is best suited for translating her work. In fact, entrusting the translation to a white person was called into question as her poetry is connected to racial issues and Afro-American identity. In the Netherlands and Spain, the translators initially chosen were replaced. The Dutch writer Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, the youngest person to have received the International Booker Prize, was replaced because Rijneveld's identity and background are far from those of Gorman. The text translated by the Catalan poet Victor Obiols was rejected because the publishing house stated a preference for a translator who is "a woman, young, an activist and preferably black".
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