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The Hayward Gallery reopening, Emily Wilson, The art of literary translation

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Emily Wilson, the first woman to translate The Odyssey, explains why the issues running through the epic - gender, geo-politics, migration - make Homer, writing 3,000 years ago, an author for our times.

Emily Wilson is joined by Daniel Hahn who, as well as writing books, translates them from Portuguese, Spanish and French. Comparing their approaches they discuss the art of translating, how it reflects the age in which it is undertaken, its challenges and its importance to our culture today.

Michael Cooper, journalist at the New York Times, tells Stig about the latest developments in the drama unfolding around the Metropolitan Opera House's new production of Tosca.

As the Hayward Gallery in London prepares to re-open its doors next month after a two-year closure, its director Ralph Rugoff and the architect Richard Battye discuss the renovations and restoration of the brutalist contemporary art gallery.

Presenter: Stig Abell
Producer: Edwina Pitman. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Stig Abell
Interviewed Guest:
Emily Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Hahn
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Cooper
Interviewed Guest:
Ralph Rugoff
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Battye
Producer:
Edwina Pitman

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