Keep your eye on the new prize for Turkish Poetry in Translation
Post date: Dec 18, 2013 1:15:0 AM
The Nazim Hikmet Poetry Festival of NC announces:
a new prize for Turkish Poetry in translation, named in honor of the late Turkish poet and columnist Meral Divitçi.
The Meral Divitci Prize has been established by the Divitci family to encourage translations of complete books of poems by 20th and 21st century Turkish Poets to English. The award includes a cash prize of $1,000 and submissions will be accepted through February 15, 2014.
More information: http://www.nazimhikmetpoetryfestival.org/index.php?id=27
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Selection Committee:
John Balaban, Professor of English & Poet in Residence at NC State University
Erdağ Göknar, Asst. Professor of Turkish & Middle Eastern Studies, Duke University
Mark Smith-Soto, Professor of Romance Languages, University of NC at Greensboro
Submissions via e-mail to: