Five O’Clock Verses
This evening brings together two poets and translators who harness the power of words not only to share their own thoughts, but to protect the meanings and emotions of words as they pass between languages. Anna Crowe, co-founder and Honorary President of StAnza, is a poet and linguist acclaimed for both her original and translated work. Her poetry is often emotive and striking, and her recent original collection, Not on the Side of the Gods, appeared with Arc in 2019. Reading alongside her will be Ida Börjel. An acclaimed voice in Sweden since the publication of her award-winning debut collection, Sond/Probe, in 2004, she has seen her work translated into over twenty languages. Her writing is often conceptual and radical, absorbing and re-inventing language to question and explore human themes.
NB: Please note that venues open 10 minutes before an event starts, and Parliamant Hall has no Front of House area to wait inside before the house opens.
Presented with the support of the Swedish Arts Council
