Translating the Poetry of Nelly Sachs

Jean Boase-Beier

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-75753-7

Translating the Poetry of Nelly Sachs

Jean Boase-Beier

School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Abstract

In the English-speaking world, Nelly Sachs is best known as a 'difficult' German Jewish poetry. The reception of her work in Germany, the influence upon it of her work as a translator of Swedish poetry, and the effects of her flight from Germany in the Holocaust, all had profound effects on her poetry. How do we translate the poetry to take this complex context into account?

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Palgrave Handbook of Literary Translation
Editors	Jean Boase-Beier, Lina Fisher, Hiroko Furukawa
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	2
Pages	21-37
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319757537
ISBN (Print)	9783319757520
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75753-7
Publication status	Published - Jun 2018

Publication series

Name	Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan

Keywords

Nelly Sachs
translation
poetry
Case studies
Holocaust

Access to Document

10.1007/978-3-319-75753-7

1 Book

If I Only Knew
Translated title of the contribution: If I Only KnewBoase-Beier, J., Dec 2023, 1 ed. Todmorden: Arc Publications. 39 p. (Arc Chapbooks)
Research output: Book/Report › Book

Cite this

@inbook{d0eec46cb813433eb0c2e73d3b0d6dab,

title = "Translating the Poetry of Nelly Sachs",

abstract = "In the English-speaking world, Nelly Sachs is best known as a 'difficult' German Jewish poetry. The reception of her work in Germany, the influence upon it of her work as a translator of Swedish poetry, and the effects of her flight from Germany in the Holocaust, all had profound effects on her poetry. How do we translate the poetry to take this complex context into account? ",

keywords = "Nelly Sachs, translation, poetry, Case studies, Holocaust",

author = "Jean Boase-Beier",

year = "2018",

month = jun,

doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-75753-7",

language = "English",

isbn = "9783319757520",

series = "Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting",

publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",

pages = "21--37",

editor = "Jean Boase-Beier and Lina Fisher and Hiroko Furukawa",

booktitle = "The Palgrave Handbook of Literary Translation",

}

TY - CHAP

T1 - Translating the Poetry of Nelly Sachs

AU - Boase-Beier, Jean

PY - 2018/6

Y1 - 2018/6

N2 - In the English-speaking world, Nelly Sachs is best known as a 'difficult' German Jewish poetry. The reception of her work in Germany, the influence upon it of her work as a translator of Swedish poetry, and the effects of her flight from Germany in the Holocaust, all had profound effects on her poetry. How do we translate the poetry to take this complex context into account?

AB - In the English-speaking world, Nelly Sachs is best known as a 'difficult' German Jewish poetry. The reception of her work in Germany, the influence upon it of her work as a translator of Swedish poetry, and the effects of her flight from Germany in the Holocaust, all had profound effects on her poetry. How do we translate the poetry to take this complex context into account?

KW - Nelly Sachs

KW - translation

KW - poetry

KW - Case studies

KW - Holocaust

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-75753-7

DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-75753-7

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9783319757520

T3 - Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting

SP - 21

EP - 37

BT - The Palgrave Handbook of Literary Translation

A2 - Boase-Beier, Jean

A2 - Fisher, Lina

A2 - Furukawa, Hiroko

PB - Palgrave Macmillan

ER -

Translating the Poetry of Nelly Sachs

Abstract

Publication series

Keywords

Access to Document

Research output

If I Only Knew

Cite this