Modern Poetry in Translation

Modern Poetry in Translation (MPT) is a tri-annual poetry magazine that publishes poetry from all over the world in English translation. Founded in 1965 by Ted Hughes and Daniel Weissbort it has consistently published the very best of world poetry in the very best translations, and has introduced a number of famous poets and iconic translations to the English-speaking world.

MPT prints work of unsurpassed range and quality. Over the last decade it has featured over 90 languages, 463 poets and 349 translators. Boyd Tonkin in The Independent wrote that MPT ‘has a rare and precious talent’. The Sunday Times called it a ‘necessity’. There is no other magazine that has the same reach and the same consistent quality of poetry.

The trial issue features six poems by Tsvetanka Elenkova translated by Jonathan Dunne, three poems from Aldeburgh by Taha Muhammad Ali and Gabriela Mistral’s poem The Foreigner translated by Arthur McHugh.

Other features include a review by Jo Balmer of classic French and German translations, Charlie Louth examines the work of Don Paterson, Martyn Crucefix and Rilke and Stephanie Norgate presents two haiku versions of Lucretius.

MPT’s July issue ‘Salam to Gaza’ spotlights poetry of dissent and resistance featuring Jennifer Manoukian's translations of Missak Manouchian published in English for the first time, Cristina's Viti's translations of Batool Abu Akleen, a radical young voice from Gaza, a poem by Hussein Bhargouthi translated by Suneela Mubayi. Also: poems by Henri-Michel Yéré, translated by Todd Fredson from French and Nouchi, a brand new translation of Yi Sang by Jack Jung, an essay by Raul Zurita translated by Jessica Sequeira, and prose-poems by Afrizal Malna translated by Daniel Owen. All this and much more in the new issue of the groundbreaking magazine dedicated to poetry in translation: for a poetry magazine belonging to the world, read MPT.