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Winners of 2021 Poetry Translation Competition Announced

February 1, 2021
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poems Winners of 2021 Poetry Translation Competition Announced

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Judges

Margaret Coats
Evan Mantyk

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First Place ($100)

Francesca Leader, Virginia
“The Iroha Poem” by Kūkai (空海) (774–835)

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Second Place

Steven Monte, New York
“Di pensier in pensier, di monte in monte” by Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374)

Alexandra Guo, Singapore
“Hymn to Beauty” by Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867)

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Third Place

Adam Sedia, Indiana
“Portrait of God” by François-René de Chateaubriand (1768-1848)

Joshua Mincio, Oklahoma
“Meditation” by Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867)

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Fourth Place

Russell Spera
“King Horn” Middle English Romance

James A. Tweedie, Washington State
Three Translations of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

David O’Neil
A Verse Translation of Piers Plowman C, Passus XV, lines 62-105

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  1. James Sale says:
    5 years ago

    Congratulations to all – a great achievement.

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  2. Joe Tessitore says:
    5 years ago

    Congratulations, Francesca, and to all!

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  3. Susan Jarvis Bryant says:
    5 years ago

    Congratulations to Francesca Leader and all the talented poets on this page. Well done!

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  4. Francesca Leader says:
    5 years ago

    Thank you for your congratulations! Truly honored to have my work chosen.

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