Creative Writing Seminar: Foreign Man Speaks With Forked Tongue

Foreign Man Speaks With Forked Tongue: on writing in one’s second language, translating from one’s first and what happens in between

George Szirtes was born in Budapest in 1948 and came to England with his family in 1956 as a refugee. He has won many prizes for his poetry, including the Faber Prize, the T S Eliot Prize and The King’s Gold Medal for Poetry. He was jointly awarded the International Booker for his translations of Nobel prize-winner László Krasznahorkai. The Photographer at Sixteen (2019) is Szirtes memoir of his mother, which won the James Tate Black Memorial Prize. He has also written three books of poetry for children.

The event begins with refreshments at 5pm, with the seminar taking place from 5.30-6.30pm. All are welcome, no bookings are necessary.

The Creative Writing Seminar Series is convened by Dr Clare Morgan, Director of the Centre for Creative Writing at Kellogg College.

Open to: General Public, Members of Kellogg College, Oxford University members,