[en] Published in 1956, Black-Label is one of Léon Damas' major poetic achievement. It is a wisfully playful poem in which identities and places constantly shifts. Translators have to retrieve this elusiveness and the subtlety with which sounds are used.
Research Center/Unit :
CEREP - Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Études Postcoloniales - ULiège CIRTI - Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches en Traduction et en Interprétation - ULiège
Disciplines :
Literature
Author, co-author :
Pagnoulle, Christine ; Université de Liège > Département de langues et littératures modernes > Département de langues et littératures modernes
Language :
English
Title :
Translating Damas' Black-Label
Publication date :
04 December 2008
Event name :
“Pour saluer Léon Damas”: His Heirs and Legacy Revisited Thirty Years After His Death