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Translating Herman Gorter’s ‘May’: A Labour of Love
9 July 2021
Herman Gorter's epic poem May has finally been translated into English. It took Paul Vincent two years. 'The fact that only brief extracts of May were available in English did less than justice to Gorter’s ambitious project.'
‘Hark, There’s a Quite New Sound’. Herman Gorter’s ‘May’ Finally Translated Into English
9 July 2021
Herman Gorter's May, an epic poem about youth and a landmark work for Dutch literature, was already translated into French, German and Frisian. After 132 years, his masterpiece has now also been published in English, even in two versions. Reinier Salverda read the poem translated by Paul Vincent. 'V