: ‘I sometimes wonder why I translate. It expands something in you’: Translator Sasha Dugdale #IndiaNEWS I have known Sasha Dugdale since 2016. She was the editor of Modern Poetry in Translation

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‘I sometimes wonder why I translate. It expands something in you’: Translator Sasha Dugdale #IndiaNEWS
I have known Sasha Dugdale since 2016. She was the editor of Modern Poetry in Translation (MPT) at the time, a fabulous magazine devoted to translated poetry. She not only published my translations of the Hindi poet Geet Chaturvedi, but also bowled us over with her warm personality. She is a brilliant poet, playwright and one of the most important translators of new Russian writing. Music permeates her literary landscape. Living between two cultures, English and Russian, between poetry and theatre, between memory and oblivion, her poetry is a stunning linguistic polyphony.We had a conversation spread over several days. It was a delightful and illuminating experience; her work is an affirmation of love, courage and passion, telling us that poetry is not something to be read but to be celebrated. Excerpts:Sasha, thank you for the time to talk about your work. First, I thought I’d ask you about your twitter status, ‘even now a mermaidenly hiding-place in my heart is full of fever and fury’. I find it beautiful!Thank you for this question. These words are a quotation from an essay by Marina Tsvetaeva I have been translating from Russian, “My Mother and Musi`�ˈ]8�&�H�ۙ��[YX�Hو���H]���]]ؚ[�ܘX�[[�����XY[ܙH

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