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16-798: The Poetry Translation Centre (PTC) is an organization dedicated to translating poetry from Africa, Asia and Latin America. It is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. It was founded by the British poet Sarah Maguire in 2004. Its work has been championed by such British poets as Nick Laird , and it is one of the Arts Council England 's regularly funded organisations. The PTC's website currently includes translations of 521 poems by more than 100 poets from 21 countries written in 19 different languages – from Amharic to Zapotec . The poems are given in three different versions: in

32-405: A country resembling Afghanistan and now lies as paralysed as a stone. Upon his return to Afghanistan in 2002, Rahimi became involved with the nation's largest media group, Moby Group, as a senior creative advisor. The group, established by brothers Saad Mohseni , Zaid Mohseni and Jahid Mohseni, owns Tolo TV, Arman FM, Kaboora Production, Barbud Music, Lemar TV, Afghan Scene Magazine , and

48-514: A host of other media related entities. Rahimi, who divides his time between Kabul and Paris , continues to work closely with the Moby Group in developing programs and genres for its media outlets, as well as helping develop and train a new generation of Afghan filmmakers and directors. Rahimi created and developed Tolo TV's "Raz ha een Khana" (Secrets of this House), Afghanistan's first soap opera. The hugely popular "Secrets of this House" took

64-763: A strong interest in Arabic literature; she translated the Palestinian poets Mahmoud Darwish and Ghassan Zaqtan and the Sudanese poet, Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi (2008). With Yama Yari, Maguire co-translated the Afghan poet Partaw Naderi (2008); their translation of A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear by the leading Afghan novelist, Atiq Rahimi (Chatto & Windus, 2006) was longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2007. She

80-582: Is published by Bloodaxe Books . In 2018 the Georgian poets Salome Benidze and Diana Anphimiadi toured the UK. British poets who have contributed translations include Maura Dooley , Carole Satyamurti , Choman Hardi , David Harsent , Jane Duran , Jo Shapcott , Katherine Pierpoint , Lavinia Greenlaw , Mark Ford , Mimi Khalvati , Sarah Maguire , Sean O'Brien and W. N. Herbert . Sarah Maguire Sarah Maguire (26 March 1957 – 2 November 2017)

96-507: The Sorbonne , Rahimi joined a Paris -based production company where he produced seven documentaries for French television, as well as several commercials. Taking time off in the late 1990s, Rahimi embarked on his first writing project. His 2000 Dari/Persian book, Earth and Ashes , was an instant bestseller in Europe and South America . A movie based on this book , directed by Rahimi,

112-598: The Victoria and Albert Museum in London . In November 2008, Rahimi won France's most prestigious literary prize, the 105-year-old Prix Goncourt , for Syngué Sabour . Described as "sober and alive" by French culture minister Christine Albanel , it was translated into English as The Patience Stone . Rahimi's fourth book and his first in French , the novel tells the story of a woman whose husband has been wounded in battle in

128-531: The Centre's second World Poets' Tour, which also featured the poetry of Kajal Ahmad (Kurdistan) and Noshi Gillani (Pakistan), who were unable to travel to the UK. In 2017 its collection The Sea-Migrations: Tahriib by Asha Lul Mohamud Yusuf , was named by the Sunday Times as the best poetry book of the year. It was translated from Somali by Clare Pollard with Maxamed Xasan "Alto" and Said Jama Hussein, and

144-586: The Chatto Book of Botanical Verse (2001). She was also Poet in Residence at Chelsea Physic Garden , and edited A Green Thought in a Green Shade , essays by poets who have worked in a garden environment, published at the conclusion of this residency. Maguire was the first writer to be sent to Palestine (1996) and Yemen (1998) by the British Council . As a result of these visits she developed

160-685: The Equinox - selected poems 2015 published by chatto & windus Atiq Rahimi Atiq Rahimi was born in 1962 in Kabul to a senior public servant and attended high school in Lycée Esteqlal . Following the Soviet invasion, Rahimi fled Afghanistan , taking refuge in Pakistan for a year and then relocating to France in 1985 after receiving political asylum. On completion of his studies at

176-694: The Nile , premiered as the opening film of the Contemporary World Cinema program at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival . Atiq Rahimi has been selected as a 2023 Cannes Film Festival jury member. This appointment marks another significant achievement in his distinguished career. Rahimi's films have been recognized internationally, including at the Cannes Film Festival, reflecting his unique artistic vision and his contributions to both Afghan and global cinema. His role as

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192-716: The Special Award at the Seoul Drama Awards in October 2008. Rahimi directed a 2012 film adaptation of "Syngué Sabour" or The Patience Stone from a screenplay he co-authored with Jean-Claude Carrière . The film, starring Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani , was selected as the Afghan entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards , but was not nominated. Rahimi's third feature film as director, Our Lady of

208-761: The original language, as a basic "literal" translation and as the final version in English, thus giving a valuable insight into the translation process. The site also features recordings of poems read in English, Arabic, Kurdish, Portuguese, Somali, Tajik and Urdu, together with videos and podcasts of readings. The PTC has organised several World Poets' Tours. The first, in 2005, introduced Partaw Naderi (Afghanistan), Gagan Gill (India), Toeti Heraty (Indonesia), Coral Bracho (Mexico), Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac "Gaariye" (Somaliland) and Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi (Sudan) to UK audiences. In 2008, Corsino Fortes (Cape Verde), Gaariye, Al-Saddiq and Farzaneh Khojandi (Tajikistan) took part in

224-479: Was a British poet, translator and broadcaster. Born in London , Sarah Maguire left school early to train as a gardener with the London Borough of Ealing (1974–77). Her horticultural career had a significant impact on her poetry: her third collection of poems The Florist's at Midnight (Jonathan Cape, 2001) brought together all her poems about plants and gardens, and she edited the anthology Flora Poetica:

240-685: Was awarded the Prix du Regard vers l'Avenir at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival . The film was featured in 50 festivals, winning a total of 25 awards including one at Cannes and a Golden Dhow award for best feature film at the Zanzibar International Film Festival . After the fall of the Taliban , Rahimi returned to his native Afghanistan in 2002, after 17 years of exile, and used a 150-year-old box camera to take pictures of Kabul. Six of these photographs were later purchased by

256-714: Was the only living English-language poet with a book in print in Arabic - her collection of selected poems, Haleeb Muraq (Dar-Al Mada, 2003), was translated by the leading Iraqi poet Saadi Yousef . Maguire was the founder and director of the Poetry Translation Centre , which opened in 2004. The Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry in Translation was launched by the Poetry Translation Centre on 12 September 2019 to recognise and encourage quality translation of poetry into English. & not mentioned, Almost

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