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From Eald to New: Translating Early Medieval Poetry School of English, University College Cork Poetry Reading 5 June 2014 Lewis Glucksman Gallery ...

 
	
  
                                         	
                               	
     	
                              	
  
                                                                                            	
  
            From	
  Eald	
  to	
  New:	
  Translating	
  Early	
  Medieval	
  Poetry	
  
                                     for	
  the	
  21st	
  Century	
  
                                                                                 	
  
                                   School	
  of	
  English,	
  University	
  College	
  Cork	
  
                                                                                 	
  	
  
                                                             Poetry	
  Reading	
  
                                                                                 	
  
                                                                5	
  June	
  2014	
  
                                                                                 	
  
                                                       Lewis	
  Glucksman	
  Gallery

Greg	
  Delanty	
  

Greg	
  Delany	
  was	
  born	
  in	
  Cork	
  (1958)	
  and	
  is	
  a	
  US	
  citizen	
  and	
  an	
  Irish	
  Citizen,	
  and	
  he	
  is	
  
The	
  Poet	
  In	
  Residence	
  at	
  Saint	
  Michael’s	
  College,	
  Vermont.	
  He	
  was	
  educated	
  at	
  Coláiste	
  
Criost	
  Rí	
  and	
  UCC.	
  He	
  has	
  lived	
  in	
  Vermont	
  since	
  1986,	
  but	
  returns	
  to	
  Cork	
  and	
  his	
  
house	
  in	
  Kerry	
  for	
  a	
  few	
  months	
  every	
  year.	
  His	
  most	
  recent	
  books	
  are	
  The	
  Greek	
  
Anthology,	
  Book	
  XVII	
  (2013,	
  Oxford	
  Poets,	
  Carcanet	
  Press).	
  Other	
  books	
  of	
  poems	
  from	
  
Carcanet	
  include	
  The	
  Ship	
  of	
  Birth,	
  The	
  Blind	
  Stitch	
  and	
  The	
  Hellbox	
  (Oxford	
  University	
  
Press	
  1998)).	
  His	
  Collected	
  Poems	
  1986-‐2006	
  is	
  out	
  from	
  the	
  Oxford	
  Poet’s	
  series	
  of	
  
Carcanet	
  Press.	
  He	
  recently	
  was	
  the	
  lead	
  poet	
  in	
  a	
  Collection	
  of	
  Environmental	
  writing	
  
titled	
  So	
  Little	
  time	
  (Green	
  Writer’s	
  Press).	
  He	
  edited,	
  with	
  the	
  scholar	
  Michael	
  Matto,	
  
The	
  Word	
  Exchange,	
  Anglo-‐Saxon	
  Poems	
  in	
  Translation	
  (WW	
  Norton,	
  November,	
  2010)	
  
which	
  also	
  includes	
  works	
  by	
  James	
  Harpur,	
  Thomas	
  McCarthy,	
  Gerry	
  Murphy	
  and	
  
Bernard	
  O’Donoghue.	
  He	
  has	
  received	
  many	
  awards,	
  most	
  recently	
  a	
  Guggenheim	
  for	
  
poetry.	
  The	
  magazine	
  Agenda	
  has	
  just	
  devoted	
  its	
  latest	
  issue	
  to	
  celebrate	
  Greg	
  
Delanty’s	
  50th	
  birthday.	
  The	
  National	
  Library	
  of	
  Ireland	
  have	
  recently	
  acquired	
  his	
  
papers	
  up	
  to	
  the	
  end	
  of	
  2010.	
  He	
  is	
  a	
  Past	
  President	
  of	
  the	
  Association	
  of	
  Literary	
  
scholars,	
  Critics	
  and	
  Writers.	
  

                                                           Eamon	
  Carr	
  

Eamon	
  Carr	
  is	
  a	
  writer,	
  journalist	
  and	
  musician.	
  In	
  the	
  late	
  1960s,	
  he	
  co-‐founded	
  Tara	
  
Telephone,	
  a	
  poetry	
  performance	
  and	
  publishing	
  collective,	
  with	
  Peter	
  Fallon.	
  The	
  
group	
  toured,	
  organised	
  poetry	
  workshops	
  and	
  published	
  the	
  small	
  press	
  Capella	
  
magazine,	
  Book	
  of	
  Invasions	
  broadsheet	
  and	
  began	
  a	
  series	
  of	
  collections	
  under	
  the	
  
Gallery	
  Books	
  imprint.	
  Carr	
  moved	
  on	
  to	
  co-‐found	
  the	
  influential	
  folk-‐rock	
  group	
  
Horslips	
  which	
  drew	
  on	
  Irish	
  mythology	
  for	
  source	
  material	
  for	
  their	
  conceptual	
  albums	
  
The	
  Tain	
  and	
  The	
  Book	
  of	
  Invasions:	
  A	
  Celtic	
  Symphony.	
  A	
  former	
  recipient	
  of	
  the	
  Sarah	
  
Purser	
  Scholarship	
  (The	
  History	
  of	
  European	
  Painting)	
  at	
  Trinity	
  College,	
  Carr	
  is	
  a

widely-‐published	
  commentator	
  on	
  culture,	
  arts	
  and	
  sport.	
  His	
  poems	
  have	
  appeared	
  in	
  
many	
  anthologies,	
  periodicals	
  and	
  magazines.	
  His	
  verse	
  play	
  Deirdre	
  Unforgiven:	
  A	
  
Journal	
  of	
  Sorrows	
  was	
  published	
  by	
  Doire	
  Press	
  last	
  year.	
  His	
  first	
  of	
  poetry	
  collection,	
  
The	
  Origami	
  Crow,	
  Journey	
  into	
  Japan,	
  World	
  Cup	
  Summer	
  2002,	
  was	
  published	
  by	
  Seven	
  
Towers	
  in	
  2008.	
  

                                                    James	
  Harpur	
  

James	
  Harpur	
  has	
  had	
  five	
  books	
  of	
  poems	
  published	
  by	
  Anvil	
  Press.	
  His	
  latest	
  
book,	
  Angels	
  and	
  Harvesters,	
  was	
  a	
  PBS	
  Recommendation	
  and	
  shortlisted	
  for	
  the	
  Irish	
  
Times	
  Poetry	
  Award.	
  He	
  has	
  also	
  published	
  Fortune’s	
  Prisoner	
  (Anvil	
  Press,	
  2007),	
  a	
  
translation	
  of	
  the	
  poems	
  of	
  Boethius.	
  He	
  was	
  poet	
  in	
  residence	
  at	
  Exeter	
  Cathedral	
  in	
  
2001,	
  during	
  which	
  time	
  he	
  held	
  workshops	
  on	
  the	
  riddles	
  of	
  the	
  Exeter	
  Book.	
  He	
  lives	
  
in	
  West	
  Cork.	
  

                                                Thomas	
  McCarthy	
  

Thomas	
  McCarthy	
  was	
  born	
  in	
  Cappoquin,	
  Co	
  Waterford	
  in	
  1953	
  and	
  attended	
  
University	
  College	
  Cork.	
  He	
  won	
  the	
  Patrick	
  Kavanagh	
  Poetry	
  Award	
  in	
  1977.	
  Thomas’s	
  
poetry	
  collections	
  include:	
  The	
  Last	
  Geraldine	
  Officer,	
  The	
  Sorrow	
  Garden,	
  The	
  Lost	
  
Province,	
  Mr	
  Dineen's	
  Careful	
  Parade	
  and	
  Merchant	
  Prince.	
  He	
  has	
  also	
  written	
  two	
  
novels.

Gerry	
  Murphy	
  

Gerry	
  Murphy	
  was	
  born	
  in	
  Cork	
  in	
  1952.	
  He	
  was	
  involved	
  in	
  a	
  few	
  translation	
  projects	
  
such	
  as	
  Southword	
  Editions'	
  translation	
  series	
  for	
  Cork	
  European	
  Capital	
  of	
  Culture	
  in	
  
2005	
  and	
  The	
  Word	
  Exchange	
  (directed	
  by	
  Greg	
  Delanty	
  and	
  Michal	
  Matto).	
  Gerry’s	
  
latest	
  publications	
  include	
  End	
  of	
  Part	
  One	
  New	
  &	
  Selected	
  Poems	
  (Dedalus	
  Press,	
  2006)	
  
and	
  My	
  Flirtation	
  With	
  International	
  Socialism	
  (Dedalus	
  Press,	
  2010)	
  and	
  his	
  new	
  
collection	
  is	
  due	
  next	
  year.	
  	
  

                                                     Miller	
  Oberman	
  

Miller	
  Oberman	
  is	
  a	
  doctoral	
  candidate	
  in	
  English	
  at	
  the	
  University	
  of	
  Connecticut,	
  
studying	
  poetry	
  and	
  poetics	
  from	
  Old	
  English	
  to	
  the	
  contemporary	
  avant-‐garde,	
  as	
  well	
  
as	
  queer	
  and	
  translation	
  theory.	
  Miller’s	
  translation	
  of	
  the	
  “Old	
  English	
  Rune	
  Poem”	
  won	
  
Poetry	
  Magazine’s	
  John	
  Frederick	
  Nims	
  Memorial	
  Prize	
  For	
  Translation	
  in	
  2013	
  and	
  
Miller’s	
  poetry	
  collection	
  Useful	
  was	
  a	
  finalist	
  for	
  the	
  2012	
  National	
  Poetry	
  Series.	
  
Miller’s	
  poem	
  “On	
  Trans,”	
  a	
  consideration	
  of	
  the	
  multiplicity	
  of	
  trans-‐ness,	
  is	
  
forthcoming	
  in	
  Poetry	
  Magazine.

Bernard	
  O’Donoghue	
  

Bernard	
  O’Donoghue	
  was	
  born	
  in	
  Cullen,	
  Co	
  Cork	
  in	
  1945,	
  and	
  he	
  still	
  spends	
  part	
  of	
  the	
  
year	
  there.	
  He	
  has	
  lived	
  in	
  England	
  since	
  1962,	
  where	
  he	
  has	
  been	
  a	
  Fellow	
  in	
  English	
  at	
  
Wadham	
  College,	
  Oxford	
  since	
  1995.	
  As	
  well	
  as	
  writing	
  on	
  medieval	
  English	
  poetry	
  and	
  
on	
  modern	
  Irish	
  poetry,	
  especially	
  the	
  work	
  of	
  Seamus	
  Heaney,	
  he	
  has	
  published	
  six	
  
books	
  of	
  poems	
  including	
  a	
  Selected	
  Poems	
  from	
  Faber	
  in	
  2008.	
  

                                                  Leanne	
  O’Sullivan	
  

Leanne	
  O'Sullivan	
  was	
  born	
  in	
  1983,	
  and	
  comes	
  from	
  the	
  Beara	
  peninsula	
  in	
  West	
  Cork.	
  
She	
  received	
  an	
  MA	
  in	
  English	
  from	
  University	
  College,	
  Cork	
  in	
  2006.	
  The	
  winner	
  of	
  
several	
  of	
  Ireland's	
  poetry	
  competitions	
  in	
  her	
  early	
  20s	
  (including	
  the	
  Seacat,	
  Davoren	
  
Hanna	
  and	
  RTE	
  Rattlebag	
  Poetry	
  Slam),	
  she	
  has	
  published	
  three	
  collections,	
  all	
  from	
  
Bloodaxe,	
  Waiting	
  for	
  My	
  Clothes	
  (2004),	
  Cailleach:	
  The	
  Hag	
  of	
  Beara	
  (2009),	
  winner	
  of	
  
the	
  Rooney	
  Prize	
  for	
  Irish	
  Literature	
  in	
  2010,	
  and	
  The	
  Mining	
  Road	
  (2013).	
  She	
  was	
  
given	
  the	
  Ireland	
  Chair	
  of	
  Poetry	
  Bursary	
  Award	
  in	
  2009	
  and	
  the	
  Lawrence	
  
O’Shaughnessy	
  Award	
  for	
  Irish	
  Poetry	
  in	
  2011,	
  and	
  received	
  a	
  UCC	
  Alumni	
  Award	
  in	
  
2012.

Jacob	
  Riyeff	
  

Jacob	
  Riyeff	
  is	
  a	
  PhD	
  candidate	
  in	
  the	
  Department	
  of	
  English	
  at	
  the	
  University	
  of	
  Notre	
  
Dame.	
  His	
  dissertation	
  examines	
  how	
  Anglo-‐Saxon	
  poets	
  imagined	
  their	
  world	
  through	
  
prayer,	
  and	
  his	
  essays	
  are	
  forthcoming	
  in	
  Studies	
  in	
  Philology,	
  The	
  American	
  Benedictine	
  
Review,	
  and	
  Viator.	
  Jacob	
  is	
  also	
  currently	
  at	
  work	
  on	
  the	
  first	
  Modern	
  English	
  
translation	
  of	
  Æthelwold's	
  Old	
  English	
  translation	
  (and	
  transformation)	
  of	
  the	
  Rule	
  of	
  
St.	
  Benedict	
  for	
  Cistercian	
  Publications.	
  His	
  verse	
  has	
  appeared	
  in	
  several	
  literary	
  
journals.	
  

                                                      Adam	
  Wyeth	
  

Adam	
  Wyeth	
  was	
  born	
  in	
  Sussex	
  in	
  1978,	
  and	
  has	
  lived	
  in	
  Co.	
  Cork	
  since	
  2000.	
  Wyeth’s	
  
critically	
  acclaimed	
  collection,	
  Silent	
  Music	
  (2011)	
  –	
  Highly	
  Commended	
  by	
  the	
  Forward	
  
Poetry	
  Prize	
  –	
  has	
  been	
  hailed	
  as	
  ‘a	
  debut	
  of	
  astonishing	
  assurance.’	
  Wyeth’s	
  second	
  
book	
  The	
  Hidden	
  World	
  of	
  Poetry:	
  Unravelling	
  Celtic	
  Mythology	
  in	
  Contemporary	
  Irish	
  
Poetry	
  was	
  published	
  by	
  Salmon	
  in	
  2013.	
  The	
  book	
  contains	
  16	
  poems	
  from	
  some	
  of	
  
Ireland’s	
  leading	
  contemporary	
  Irish	
  poets	
  followed	
  by	
  sharp	
  essays	
  and	
  close	
  readings	
  
that	
  unpack	
  each	
  poem	
  and	
  explore	
  its	
  Celtic	
  references.	
  As	
  well	
  as	
  poetry	
  Adam	
  has	
  
written	
  several	
  plays.	
  His	
  debut	
  play	
  Hang	
  Up,	
  produced	
  by	
  Broken	
  Crow,	
  has	
  been	
  
staged	
  at	
  many	
  festivals,	
  including	
  the	
  Electric	
  Picnic,	
  the	
  Galway	
  Theatre	
  festival	
  and	
  
will	
  be	
  staged	
  in	
  Berlin	
  later	
  this	
  year	
  alongside	
  his	
  The	
  fourth	
  play	
  The	
  Malt	
  that	
  
Wounds.	
  Last	
  year	
  he	
  co-‐wrote	
  with	
  Paula	
  McGlinchey	
  The	
  Poetry	
  Sessions,	
  a	
  full	
  length	
  
play	
  covering	
  all	
  the	
  poets	
  on	
  the	
  Leaving	
  cert	
  syllabus	
  which	
  has	
  just	
  been	
  on	
  its	
  
nationwide	
  tour.	
  His	
  third	
  play,	
  Lifedeath	
  was	
  showcased	
  at	
  the	
  Triskel	
  Art	
  Centre	
  mini	
  
festival	
  of	
  new	
  work	
  in	
  December	
  2013	
  and	
  was	
  named	
  by	
  the	
  Irish	
  Examiner	
  as	
  the	
  
play	
  of	
  the	
  festival.

Ashley	
  Wakefield	
  

Originally	
  from	
  Nashville,	
  Tennessee,	
  Ashley	
  Wakefield	
  is	
  currently	
  a	
  second-‐year	
  
poetry	
  PhD	
  candidate	
  at	
  Aberystwyth	
  University	
  in	
  the	
  department	
  of	
  English	
  and	
  
Creative	
  Writing.	
  Her	
  dissertation,	
  comprised	
  of	
  both	
  research-‐based	
  critical	
  work	
  and	
  
original	
  creative	
  output,	
  looks	
  at	
  Anglo-‐Saxon	
  epic	
  poetry	
  in	
  its	
  original	
  recorded	
  form	
  
and	
  in	
  contemporary	
  translation,	
  focusing	
  on	
  specific	
  questions	
  of	
  gender,	
  culture,	
  and	
  
poetics.	
  For	
  the	
  creative	
  component	
  of	
  her	
  work,	
  she	
  is	
  translating	
  and	
  adapting	
  the	
  
poem	
  Judith	
  into	
  a	
  collection	
  of	
  30-‐40	
  linked	
  lyric	
  and	
  narrative	
  poems	
  that	
  blend	
  
aspects	
  of	
  Anglo-‐Saxon	
  prosody,	
  methods	
  of	
  oral	
  storytelling,	
  and	
  contemporary	
  poetic	
  
aesthetics.

Acknowledgements	
  
We	
  would	
  like	
  to	
  express	
  their	
  gratitude	
  to	
  the	
  Irish	
  Research	
  Council,	
  The	
  School	
  of	
  
English	
  and	
  the	
  Information	
  Services	
  Strategic	
  Fund,	
  University	
  College	
  Cork	
  for	
  their	
  
support.	
  In	
  particular	
  we	
  would	
  like	
  to	
  thank	
  John	
  Fitzgearld	
  and	
  the	
  Glucksman	
  Gallery	
  
for	
  their	
  help	
  in	
  making	
  this	
  evening	
  possible.	
  	
  

To	
  find	
  out	
  more	
  about	
  the	
  Eald	
  to	
  New	
  project	
  please	
  visit	
  our	
  website	
  
http://ealdtonew.org/	
  or	
  email	
  us	
  at	
  ealdtonew2014@ucc.ie	
  

Tom	
  Birkett	
  and	
  Kirsty	
  March-‐Lyons

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