August - Translation
Happy women in translation month! The final few days anyway.
In 2017, I began translating a book of poetry by Norwegian, Astrid Hjærtenes Andersen. She wrote several collections after working for many years as a journalist. I worked my way through her 1950 book, The Turtle Garden. When I came across this poem, in the middle of the book, I was struck. Wha…
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