SLOVAK PEN CENTRE

The Poem Relay seeks to raise awareness about freedom of expression in China in a uniquely PEN way – through poetry and translation.

PEN Centres will translate and record a short poem, “June” (Liuyue) by the imprisoned Chinese poet and journalist Shi Tao, into as many languages as possible.
Via a website with a map of the world and a relay itinerary (similar to the Olympic Torch Relay itinerary), the poem will then virtually “travel” around the world, from centre to centre, language to language, adding new translations as it goes and ending in Beijing for the 2008 Olympics.
Visitors to the website will be able to track the poem’s progress and read and hear new translations of the poem as it arrives at each new centre.
For more information see attachments.

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