{"id":2580,"date":"2026-04-21T11:51:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=2580"},"modified":"2026-04-21T11:51:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:51:59","slug":"george-szirtes-on-translation-at-kellogg-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=2580","title":{"rendered":"George Szirtes on translation at Kellogg College"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The latest event in the continuing seminar series at the Kellogg College Centre for Creative Writing will feature distinguished poet and MSt tutor, George Szirtes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Foreign Man Speaks With Forked Tongue: <\/em><\/strong>on writing in one\u2019s second language, translating from one\u2019s first\u00a0and what happens in between<\/em><\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

George Szirtes was born in Budapest in 1948 and came to England with his family in 1956 as a refugee. He has won many prizes for his poetry, including \u00a0the Faber Prize, the T S Eliot Prize and The King\u2019s Gold Medal for Poetry. He was jointly awarded the International Booker for his translations of Nobel prizewinner L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Krasznahorkai. The Photographer at Sixteen<\/em> (2019) is Szirtes’ memoir of his mother, which won the James Tate Black Memorial Prize. He has also written three books of poetry for children.<\/p>\n

Seminar Convenor: Dr Clare Morgan<\/p>\n

Mawby Room, Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road<\/p>\n

5.00 pm (refreshments) for 5.30 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk\/kellogg-centres\/centre-for-creative-writing\/<\/a><\/p>\n

All are welcome and no bookings are necessary<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The latest event in the continuing seminar series at the Kellogg College Centre for Creative Writing will feature distinguished poet and MSt tutor, George Szirtes. Foreign Man Speaks With Forked Tongue: on writing in one\u2019s second language, translating from one\u2019s first\u00a0and what happens in between. 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