Modern Poetry in Translation is a literary magazine and publisher based in the United Kingdom. The magazine was started by Ted Hughes and Daniel Weissbort in 1965. It was relaunched by King's College London in 1992. The College published it until 2003. It publishes contemporary poetry from all around the world, in English. Its 1st issue was a landmark. Writers previously unknown to the West were introduced by Hughes and Weissbort. The list included Miroslav Holub, Yehuda Amichai, Ivan Lalić, Zbigniew Herbert, Czesław Miłosz, Andrei Voznesensky, and Vasko Popa. Founder and editor Weissbort headed The University of Iowa translation workshop program for decades. Of his many books, Weissbort edited Translation: Theory and Practice: A Historical Reader that was published by the Oxford University Press, edited with Astradur Eysteinsson. The London Guardian newspaper wrote that Weissbort founded Carcanet Press. The Wall Street Journal excerpted a Weissbort translation of Missing Person by Patrick Modiano after Modiano received the Nobel Prize for Literature. On the Stanford University site of The Book Haven by Cynthia Haven, in an obituary of Daniel Weissbort, Daniel Weissbort is defined as a "master translator." Also on this Stanford University web site, Weissbort is called a champion of translation. Weissbort has genius in translation, obituary of Weissbort in Translationista. To celebrate the magazine's 50th anniversary, a microsite was developed to present the first issue of Modern Poetry in Translation in its entirety, including high resolution scans of the original print document. The microsite was expanded to a full website at www.modernpoetryintranslation.com in 2018. The original anniversary microsite, and first issue, is available at
Magazine Issues
In a Winter City: Focus on Hungary and Ted Hughes The House of Thirst: Focus on LGBTQ+ Poetry Profound Pyromania: Focus on Caribbean Poetry War of the Beasts and the Animals: Russian and Ukrainian Poetry A Blossom Shroud: Focus on the Poets of Shubbak Songs of the Shattered Throat: Focus on the Languages of India The Blue Vein: Focus on Korean Poetry One Thousand Suns: Focus on the Languages of Africa The Great Flight: Refugee Focus The Tangled Route: Uruguayan Focus I WISH... Children's Focus: Scorched Glass: Iranian Focus The Singing of the Scythe: Poetry of The First World War The Constellation: Poetry International Twisted Angels: Brazilian Focus Secret Agents of Sense: Polish Focus Between Clay and Star: Romanian Focus Strange Tracks: Focus on Dutch Poetry
