Tweet
POET AND TRANSLATOR TO GIVE WORKSHOPS
US Fed News
May 10, 2011 Tuesday 1:09 PM EST
NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 10 -- Southern Connecticut State University
issued the following news release:
On Tuesday, May 10, 2011, Diana Der-Hovanessian, the president of
the New England Poetry Club and the foremost editor and translator
of Armenian poetry in the United States, will present programs for
the SCSU community:
* 12:30-1:40 p.m., Engleman 266D - Der-Hovanessian will give advice
about how to do translations, how to edit a book, read some of her
translations of Armenian poetry and read her own poems from her new
book, Dancing at the Monastery.
* 1:45-3:00 p.m. in Engleman 245D - She will be available for
individual discussion.
* 3:15-4:30 p.m. - She will present another program in The English
Common Room, Engleman 245D.
Please contact Vivian Shipley at [email protected] for a
specific appointment.
Der-Hovanessian was twice a Fulbright professor of American Poetry and
is the author of more than 25 books of poetry and translations. She
has awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Poetry Society
of America, PEN/Columbia Translation Center, National Writers Union,
Armenian Writers Union, Paterson Poetry Center, Prairie Schooner,
American Scholar, and the Armenian Ministry of Culture. Among the
several plays written by Der-Hovanessian, two (The Secret of Survival
and Growing Up Armenian) were produced, and in 1984 and 1985 traveled
to many college campuses, telling the Armenian story with poetry
and music. After 1989, The Secret of Survival, with Michael Kermoyan
and later with Vahan Khanzadian, was performed for earthquake relief
benefits.
She works as a visiting poet and guest lecturer on American poetry,
Armenian poetry in translation, and the literature of human rights
at various universities here and abroad.
Her visit to Southern is sponsored by a Faculty Development Grant.
US Fed News
May 10, 2011 Tuesday 1:09 PM EST
NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 10 -- Southern Connecticut State University
issued the following news release:
On Tuesday, May 10, 2011, Diana Der-Hovanessian, the president of
the New England Poetry Club and the foremost editor and translator
of Armenian poetry in the United States, will present programs for
the SCSU community:
* 12:30-1:40 p.m., Engleman 266D - Der-Hovanessian will give advice
about how to do translations, how to edit a book, read some of her
translations of Armenian poetry and read her own poems from her new
book, Dancing at the Monastery.
* 1:45-3:00 p.m. in Engleman 245D - She will be available for
individual discussion.
* 3:15-4:30 p.m. - She will present another program in The English
Common Room, Engleman 245D.
Please contact Vivian Shipley at [email protected] for a
specific appointment.
Der-Hovanessian was twice a Fulbright professor of American Poetry and
is the author of more than 25 books of poetry and translations. She
has awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Poetry Society
of America, PEN/Columbia Translation Center, National Writers Union,
Armenian Writers Union, Paterson Poetry Center, Prairie Schooner,
American Scholar, and the Armenian Ministry of Culture. Among the
several plays written by Der-Hovanessian, two (The Secret of Survival
and Growing Up Armenian) were produced, and in 1984 and 1985 traveled
to many college campuses, telling the Armenian story with poetry
and music. After 1989, The Secret of Survival, with Michael Kermoyan
and later with Vahan Khanzadian, was performed for earthquake relief
benefits.
She works as a visiting poet and guest lecturer on American poetry,
Armenian poetry in translation, and the literature of human rights
at various universities here and abroad.
Her visit to Southern is sponsored by a Faculty Development Grant.