University of Ottawa - L’Université d’Ottawa
75 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5
Ottawa plays host to our latest 4th anniversary celebration, with an evening of stimulating discussion around the themes of translation and poetry. Joining us will be University of Ottawa Associate Professor at the School of Translation and Interpretation Marc Charron, esteemed poet, author, editor and translator Seymour Mayne, writer, editor and publisher Amanda Earl, and Asymptote’s own Romania Editor-at-Large Chris Tănăsescu, also a poet, performer, and translator.
Proceedings will begin with Marc Charron, who will speak on contemporary translation and working in translation studies, and continue with elaboration and personal perspectives from our other speakers, followed by poetry readings and open discussion. Attendees will then have the opportunity to take part in a Q&A with our guests.
University of Ottawa, Arts Hall, Arts 509 Conference Room
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Marc Charron is Associate Professor at the School of Translation and Interpretation of the University of Ottawa, co-director of the Literary Translation Series of the University of Ottawa Press, and a member of the advisory or editorial board of several Translation Studies journals. Since early 2012, he has offered courses and seminars as invited professor at the UNAM in Mexico City, University of Sao Paulo, and the Federal University of Santa Catarina.
Seymour Mayne is the author, editor, or translator of more than sixty books, and University of Ottawa Professor of Canadian Literature, Canadian Studies, and Creative Writing. His work has been translated into many languages including French, German, Hebrew, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish. His latest collections include the bilingual Ricochet: Word Sonnets/Sonnets d'un mot and The Old Blue Couch and Other Stories. Cusp, a selection of new word sonnets, was recently released to mark fifty years since the publication of his first collection of poetry.
Amanda Earl is a poet, writer and small press publisher from Ottawa, and as of 2014 a member of the League of Canadian Poets. Her first book of poetry, Kiki, was printed by Chaudiere Books in 2014. Her work has been published in journals and chapbooks in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the USA. A synaesthete, her visual poetry has been featured in Drunken Boat, Unlikely Stories and Illiterature.
Chris Tănăsescu aka MARGENTO is–in addition to Asymptote’s Romania Editor-at-Large–a poet, performer, critic, and translator who has performed, lectured, and been published in the US, SE Asia, Australia, and Europe. His moniker is also the name of his multimedia cross-artform band, winner of a number of major awards including the 2008 Romanian Gold Disc, and 2005 The Fringiest Event Award. Recipient of a 2-year Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant, he continues to develop his Graph Poem project and related graph theory applications in poetry as an Adjunct Professor in the Computer Science Department at University of Ottawa.
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