Stephen Watts (poet and translator)
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Stephen Watts (born 1952) is an English poet, translator and editor.
Early life and education
He was born in London in 1952.[1] After graduation, he spent three years working as a shepherd on North Uist and returned to live in Shadwell, London in 1974.[2]
Works
His published volumes of poetry include[3][4]
- The Lava's Curl (Grimaldi Press, 1990)
- Gramsci & Caruso (Periplum, 2003)
- The Blue Bag (Aark Arts, 2004)
- Ancient Sunlight (Enitharmon, 2014)
- Journeys Across Breath - Poems 1975-2005 (Prototype Publishing, 2022)
The listing for "Journeys Across Breath - Poems 1975-2005" by Prototype Publishing states that "a second volume, including further early & later work, is planned to follow".[5]
Gramsci & Caruso was subsequently published with parallel translation into Italian by Cristina Viti (Mille Gru, Monza, 2014).[6]
A long poem in two parts, with text and drawings by Stephen Watts, was published in parallel translation into Italian as "Mountain Language/Lingua di Montagna" (Hearing Eye, 2008)[7] and "Journey Across Breath/Tragitto nel respiro" (Hearing Eye, 2011)[8], also translated by Cristina Viti.
He has published a prose work "Republic of Dogs/Republic of Birds" (Test Centre, 2016).[6]
Chapbooks with Stephen Watts as co-translator:[3]
- Modern Kurdish Poetry (Uppsala University, 2006)
- All My Young Years (A. N. Stencl, Five Leaves, 2007)
- Ljubljana (Meta Kušar, Arc, 2010)
- Collage Poem (Ziba Karbassi, Exiled Writers Ink, 2009)
- The Deleted Part (Adnan al-Sayegh, Exiled Writers Ink, 2009)
Stephen Watts as editor: Sonata For Four Hands (Amarjit Chandan, Arc, 2010) ISBN 1-90-657035-3[9]
Watts' friendship with W.G. Sebald and with the author is described in The Last London (Iain Sinclair, 2017).[10] Watts' poetry has been translated into several other languages.[3]
References
- ↑ "about Stephen". www.poetrypf.co.uk.
- ↑ "Stephen Watts, Poet | Spitalfields Life".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Stephen Watts". Words Without Borders.
- ↑ "Stephen Watts - Poet and Translator". Enitharmon Editions.
- ↑ "Journeys Across Breath; Prototype Publishing". ISBN 1913513319.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Watts, Stephen (January 5, 2016). Republic of Dogs/republic of Birds. Test Centre. ISBN 9780992685881 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Mountain Language/Lingua di Montagna | Hearing Eye". hearingeye.org.
- ↑ "Journey Across Breath | Hearing Eye". hearingeye.org.
- ↑ "Arc Publications - Biographies". www.arcpublications.co.uk.
- ↑ "An Interview with Stephen Watts". January 8, 2018.
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