Nine Latin American Poets

An Interview with Gregory Rabassa

A House on the Green

And Many More...

Editorial/সম্পাদকীয়:

Shabdaguchha is thrilled to present a group of Latin American Poets in this issue. Needless to mention that over the past century, poets of this region have been of great focus to world readers. Many poets of the world are also influenced by such a giant figure as Pablo Neruda. We are happy to start this issue with his poems. Though we regret we could not present Octavia Paz and Nicanor Parra for not having the translation rights, the nine poets presented here are still a significant representation.
The interview with Gregory Rabassa is also an important addition that we managed to include with the help of Stanley H. Barkan and Maria Bennett. Rabassa has been translating Latin American Literatures for more than half a century which are widely appreciated throughout the world. The American PEN and ALTA offer translation awards to translators in his name, the PEN Rabassa Award and the ALTA Translation Award. Shabdaguchha is privileged to have him as a good friend and well wisher of the magazine since the beginning of its publication. And it is a rare opportunity for the readers to have a full-length interview of his life-long experience.

As always, each issue of the magazine presents emerging poets of Bengal and elsewhere from different parts of the world. The process is continued in this issue. Blending poets from East and West is always our main mission, and we are happy to announce that we have been maintaining this for more than a decade. The next issue of the magazine will be the fifteen-year anniversary issue. We are going to celebrate our achievement in Dhaka, Kolkata, and New York with poetry festivals and literary activities including the large number of contributors who have participated to enrich our mission these past fifteen years.
Thanks to Cross-Cultural Communications for making this particular issue a book format and for putting it on the various bookshelves of stores and libraries nationally and internationally, which, in turn, will definitely boost our hard work and dedication.

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