[Translate to english:] Illustration aus dem Band "Die Konferenz der Vögel", Isfahan, Iran, ca. 1610, © Creative Commons

Lecture: How to Translate the Untranslatable? – Katia Kameli

Hosted by Leili Anvar and the curator of the exhibition Valérie Chartrain

30 Sep 2023

16:00 – 17:30

ifa Gallery Stuttgart
Charlottenplatz 17
70173 Stuttgart

The Iranian-French translator Leili Anvar researches Persian spiritual literature, including the lives and works of the poet Djalâl ad-Dîn Rûmî and the Kurdish-Persian poet Malek Jân Ne’mati. In her talk, she will discuss the possibilities and impossibilities of literary translation in relation to other translators and, in particular, the text The Conference of the Birds.

The event will be held in English.

As part of the exhibition

A watercolour of a peacock can be seen, with "Katia Kameli" and "The Canticle of the Birds" written in print in front of it. The exhibition will start in September 2023 at the ifa Gallery Stuttgart.

Katia Kameli – The Canticle of the Birds

08. September 2023

29. October 2023

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