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The Times Stephen Spender Prize 2012
for poetry in translation

Translate a poem from any language, classical or modern, into English

Closing date Friday 1 June 2012

The Joseph Brodsky/Stephen Spender Prize 2011

A new worldwide prize for the translation of Russian poetry into English

Judged by Sasha Dugdale, Catriona Kelly and Paul Muldoon
Discover the winners and read
their winning entries

Translation Nation

Inspiring translation in primary schools

This two-year project, which began with the recruitment and training of translators in September 2010, is a collaboration between the Stephen Spender Trust and arts education charity Eastside Educational Trust. Funded by Arts Council England, the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and the Mercers’ Company, Translation Nation will see translators going into 22 primary schools to run three-day translation workshops, reaching some 1,300 children in Years 5 and 6. Visit the Translation Nation website and hear about Michael Rosen's visit to one of the participating schools on Word of Mouth