A traditional event in Modran dedicated to picking poems written on vine leaves. This time you can look forward to JANKO KRA\u013dA translated by John Minahan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
when: October 12, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. where: in the Municipal Library of KC Modra guest: John Minahane \u2013 translator, Irish poet and novelist Performers: students of the Secondary Vocational Pedagogical School and K. \u0160t\u00far High School accompanied by words: \u013dubom\u00edra Mih\u00e1likov\u00e1
John Minahane (1950), Irish poet and novelist. Since 2004, he has been translating Slovak literature into English. He has translated the works of many novelists and especially poets, among them are: Margita Figuli Three Chestnut Horses, a selection from the poetry of Ladislav Novomesk\u00fd, Milan R\u00fafus, Mila Haugov\u00e1, Ivan \u0160trpka, Daniel Hevier, Kamil Peteraj, J\u00e1n Buz\u00e1ssy, Erik Ondreji\u010dka, Juraj Kuniak. He also translated the most important poetic work of Slovak literature, the Bloody Sonnets of PO Hviezdoslav, for which he received the PO Hviezdoslav Award. John Minahan was captivated by the poems of the rioter Janek Kr\u00e1\u013e, which were published in the English translation I was not Born for Quiet.
We cordially invite you to a discussion with an Irish translator.