What about a male poet with long hair? Will that suffice?
I love the idea of only translating poems by women, but as far as I can make out, there are virtually no female formal poets in Europe. Now that's a slight exaggeration, but not really when you consider that for every female formal poet you find, there are about 500 male ones.
But shed the formal attire, of course, and there's women as far as the eye can see. Free verse abounds with females. Now if only I liked translating free verse... (-:
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PS: If anyone wants to discuss (after the event, I guess) what it's like to hunt for females in the world of formal poetry, and -- *gulp* -- the character and content of the poetry you find, I'll be happy to oblige.
Last edited by Petra Norr; 08-30-2010 at 08:05 AM.
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