“André Markowicz, traducteur, sur “l’affaire Amanda Gorman” : “ personne n’a le droit de me dire ce que j’ai le droit de traduire ou pas ”.” Le Monde, 11 Mar. “Uncaring: Reflections on the Politics of Literary Translation.” Read My World, 4 Mar. “Translation Is the Canary in the Coalmine.”, 26 Mar. 2021, Rijneveld’s response to the controversy about her decision to step down. “Everything Inhabitable: A Poem by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld.” The Guardian, 6 Mar. “English Translation: Janice Deul’s Opinion Piece about Gorman/Rijneveld.” Medium, Medium, 18 Mar. “Opinie: Een Witte Vertaler Voor Poëzie Van Amanda Gorman: Onbegrijpelijk.” De Volkskrant, 25 Feb. 2021, /0/politics/amanda-gorman-inaugural-poem-transcript/index.html.ĭeul, Janice. “READ: Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman’s Inaugural Poem.” CNN, 21 Jan. This bibliography does not intend to document the controversy surrounding Amanda Gorman’s translators, but rather to provide an intellectual framework to explore the political, social and economic realities that contextualize this debate and translation practices writ large. Jeanne Sauvage, a doctoral candidate at Yale University, presents a brief bibliography that contextualizes the discussion. Rijnevweld subsequently removed herself from the project but not before many translators, writers, and critics had weighed in on the controversy. In response to an announcement of the translation and publication of the poem in The Netherlands, members of the public criticized the publisher’s choice of translator, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, a 29-year-old, award-winning writer, mainly because of her race (she is white). During the Inauguration of Joseph Biden on January 20, 2021, poet Amanda Gorman recited her poem, “The Hill We Climb,” which captivated a worldwide audience.

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