Call for submissives

Posted by admin on May 16th, 2007 filed in The New Illiterati

It may be a little late in the game - but I will post this letter here, that I sent to various places some two weeks ago, anyway:

DEAREST POETS.

I am working on a book of poetry translations into Icelandic to be published by Leevi Lehto in Finland in the fall. Most of the poems in it have already been translated, but I will be adding to the book until the middle of June. For this reason I am searching out poems and poetry books in english or one of the nordic languages (swedish, norwegian, danish or faroese), and it is therefore I write to you. Some poems might even be translated from finnish, french or german. Poets wanting a translation can either send me poetry by email (kolbrunarskald@hotmail.com) - or books in the mail:

Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl
Fleminginkatu 9A 10
00530 Helsinki
Finland


4 Responses to “Call for submissives”

  1. Malte P Says:
    May 16th, 2007 at 9:22 am

    I can ask my publisher to send you my latest book of poems, if you want it. In fact, I can do it even if you don’t want it. Or, I could e-mail you my half-barbaric English translations of my lovely Swedish poems, which you could then perhaps translate into an insular dwarfish language of your choice.

  2. Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl Says:
    May 16th, 2007 at 9:28 am

    Please do! Both! It would please me to no end!

  3. Martin Johs. Møller Says:
    May 16th, 2007 at 10:42 am

    Is there a deadline?

  4. Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl Says:
    May 16th, 2007 at 11:29 am

    I promised Leevi that I’d have the m/s on his lapdesk by june 15th. So… uh… june 5th would be the last date I could see something new and add to the book…

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