Translation Talks: Ani Gjika & Dunya Mikhail by Griffin Poetry Prize

In January 2022, the Griffin Poetry Prize launched Translation Talks, a series of conversations about translation and poetry where past shortlisted and winning authors are invited to discuss their craft.

This podcast features our second Translation Talks, featuring Ani Gjika in conversation with Dunya Mikhail, which took place on Thursday, March 10th at 7pm ET on Zoom. It was moderated by Griffin Poetry Prize social media director Mirene Arsanios and editorial director Adriana Oniță.

Ani Gjika was a finalist for the 2019 International Griffin Poetry Prize for her translation of Luljeta Lleshanaku's Negative Space (Bloodaxe Books/New Directions, 2018). Dunya MIkhail was a finalist for the 2006 International Griffin Poetry Prize for The War Works Hard (New Directions, 2005), translated by Elizabeth Winslow.