Translation of the Route

About the Author

Laura Wittner is an award-winning poet and translator from Argentina. Her books of poetry include El pasillo del tren (1996), Los cosacos (1998), Las ltimas mudanzas (2001), La tomadora de cafe (2005), Lluvias (2009), Balbuceos en una misma direccin (2011), La altura (2016), Lugares donde una no est (2017) and Traduccin de la ruta (2020). She has also published more than 20 books for children, most recently Cual para tal (2022), Y comieron perdices? (2023) and Se pide un deseo (2023). Translation of the Route, Juana Adcock's translation of Traduccin de la ruta is published by the Poetry Translation Centre with Bloodaxe Books in a dual language Spanish-English edition in 2024. As a literary translator Wittner has translated books by Leonard Cohen, David Markson, M. John Harrison, Cynan Jones, Claire-Louise Bennett, Katherine Mansfield and James Schuyler, among many others. She lives in Buenos Aires.

Juana Adcock is a Mexican poet, translator and editor based in Scotland. She is the author ofManca(Tierra Adentro, 2014),Vestigial(Stewed Rhubarb, 2022) andSplit(Blue Diode, 2019), which was a Poetry Book Society Choice and was included in theGuardian's Best Poetry of 2019. She is co-editor of the anthology of poetry by Latin American womenTemporary Archives(Arc Publications, 2022), and her translation of the Me'ph poet Hubert Matiwa'sThe Dogs Dreamt(Flipped Eye, 2023) received a PEN Translates award.