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Every Stone a Seed: Writing from Asturias - Words Without Borders
Every Stone a Seed: Writing from Asturias - Words Without Borders
Guest editors Robin Munby and Will Howard present a selection of new Asturian prose and poetry.
I Bend the Rivers to My Whim: Six Poems - Words Without Borders
I Bend the Rivers to My Whim: Six Poems - Words Without Borders
Asturian poet and quantum physicist María García Díaz takes an almost subatomic approach to language, desire, and the rural experience.
Four Poems by María García Díaz — The Dial
Four Poems by María García Díaz — The Dial
Written by María García Díaz and translated by Robin Munby.
Conversación con poetas Luisa Castro y Raquel F. Menéndez (español/inglés) Tickets, Tuesday, Mar 17 from 7:30 pm to 9 pm | Eventbrite
Conversación con poetas Luisa Castro y Raquel F. Menéndez (español/inglés) Tickets, Tuesday, Mar 17 from 7:30 pm to 9 pm | Eventbrite
Dublin's Skein Press are holding a double launch at Parenthesis Bookshop in Lavapiés on Tuesday at 7.30pm as part of the Semana de Irlanda celebrations.
Order The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad by Raquel Menéndez, out 21st March
Order The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad by Raquel Menéndez, out 21st March
‘A remarkable testament to all that is found in translation: a collection of poems, a matrilineage, the Asturian poetic tradition, and a reminder that every storyteller since Shahrazad keeps …
Order Anima Fatua by Anna Lidia Vega Serova
Order Anima Fatua by Anna Lidia Vega Serova
Recent Publications
Machado Version 2 [A orillas del Duero] - Original Poem at Pamenar Online Magazine
Machado Version 2 [A orillas del Duero] - Original Poem at Pamenar Online Magazine
Robin Munby is a literary translator from Liverpool, UK, based in Madrid. His translations from Spanish, Russian and Asturian have appeared in The Glasgow Review of Books, Wasafiri Magazine, Subtropics, World Literature Today, Poetry Ireland Review and World Poetry Review. His short story 'A New Vocabulary of Translation' appeared in the April 2023 issue of Asymptote.Machado Version 2 [A orillas del Duero] Unfested as of yet intact. Thoughtso till yesterday’s ingest.I, intra, I gulf substrate to
Machado Version 5 [El hospicio] - Original Poem at Asymptote
Machado Version 5 [El hospicio] - Original Poem at Asymptote
Robin Munby: How I Translated 'Playa de San Llorienzu' -
Robin Munby: How I Translated 'Playa de San Llorienzu' -
"I was leafing through María Teresa’s collected works, the sea only just out of sight, and when I came across this poem I decided to start translating it right away."
Semana Negra 2025
Poetry Reading at Launch of Formientu Magazine
Poetry Reading at Launch of Formientu Magazine
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Madrid Book Fair 2024
Discussing literary translation with Alice Banks and Inmaculada Pérez Parra
Discussing literary translation with Alice Banks and Inmaculada Pérez Parra
Residencia Lliteraria Xixón 2023
Robin Munby estrena la Residencia Lliteraria Xixón col oxetivu de “lleer y descubrir nuevos escritores”
Robin Munby estrena la Residencia Lliteraria Xixón col oxetivu de “lleer y descubrir nuevos escritores”
L'inglés Robin Munby ye'l primer agospiáu na Residencia Lliteraria en Xixón
L'inglés Robin Munby ye'l primer agospiáu na Residencia Lliteraria en Xixón
Una nueva iniciativa entamada por Inaciu Galán col nome de Residencia Lliteraria va agospiar al inglés Robin Munby na ciudá de Xixón.Dende la sede de @cuatro...
Gijón estrena la primera residencia literaria de Asturias
Gijón estrena la primera residencia literaria de Asturias
Robin Munby quiere avanzar en sus proyectos de traducción del asturiano al inglés
De Asturies al mundo, pasando por la Residencia Lliteraria de Xixón - 12grados
De Asturies al mundo, pasando por la Residencia Lliteraria de Xixón - 12grados
Translations (prose)
Excerpt from Anima Fatua by Anna Lidia Vega Serova (tr. Robin Munby)
Excerpt from Anima Fatua by Anna Lidia Vega Serova (tr. Robin Munby)
Excerpt from Anima Fatua by Anna Lidia Vega Serova (tr. Robin Munby)
Excerpt from Anima Fatua by Anna Lidia Vega Serova (tr. Robin Munby)
I sit down on the metro and go round and round on the Koltsevaya line. It’s a godsend for the sleep-deprived, the best solution anyone’s come up with apart from the cinema, but going to the cinema …
Martín Feito’s First Night — Xaime Martínez (tr. Robin Munby)
Martín Feito’s First Night — Xaime Martínez (tr. Robin Munby)
Extract from Sugar by Bibiana Candia
Extract from Sugar by Bibiana Candia
Extract from The Force by Xaime Martínez
Extract from The Force by Xaime Martínez
Extract from Dislocated by Margaryta Yakovenko
Extract from Dislocated by Margaryta Yakovenko
His Type by Laura Marcos - Asymptote Blog
His Type by Laura Marcos - Asymptote Blog
Extract from August Rain by Francisco Álvarez’ (video)
Extract from August Rain by Francisco Álvarez’ (video)
Extract from Ánima Fatua by Anna Lidia Vega Serova (video)
Extract from Ánima Fatua by Anna Lidia Vega Serova (video)
Song of the Whale-road by Yolanda González
Song of the Whale-road by Yolanda González
On the Tram by Luisa Carnés
On the Tram by Luisa Carnés
The Snitch by Luisa Carnés
The Snitch by Luisa Carnés
A Place on the Edge of Time by Vadim Muratkhanov
A Place on the Edge of Time by Vadim Muratkhanov
City of Dappled Shade by Vadim Muratkhanov
City of Dappled Shade by Vadim Muratkhanov
Michael, Whose Name was Sarı by Hamid Ismailov
Michael, Whose Name was Sarı by Hamid Ismailov
Translations (poetry)
A school in Tundrikha by Carmen Castellote
A school in Tundrikha by Carmen Castellote
In These Times of Poetry by Alberto Claver
In These Times of Poetry by Alberto Claver
Five Poems by Raquel F. Menéndez
Five Poems by Raquel F. Menéndez
Castilla by Martha Asunción Alonso
Castilla by Martha Asunción Alonso
Fálala by Claudia Elena Menéndez Fernández (video)
Fálala by Claudia Elena Menéndez Fernández (video)
Two poems by Rafael-José Díaz
Two poems by Rafael-José Díaz
I only think in Russian... by Ekaterina Simonova
I only think in Russian... by Ekaterina Simonova
I Brought Mum and Dad an Old Quilt... by Ekaterina Simonova
I Brought Mum and Dad an Old Quilt... by Ekaterina Simonova
We Flew to Budapest... by Ekaterina Simonova
We Flew to Budapest... by Ekaterina Simonova
Three Poems by Ekaterina Simonova
Three Poems by Ekaterina Simonova
Other Writing
The Green of It (Original short story)
The Green of It (Original short story)
A New Vocabulary of Translation (Original short story)
A New Vocabulary of Translation (Original short story)
Translating Asturian
Translating Asturian
Review of 'The Adventures of China Iron' by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, translated from Spanish by Fiona Mackintosh and Iona Macintyre
Review of 'The Adventures of China Iron' by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, translated from Spanish by Fiona Mackintosh and Iona Macintyre
Review of 'Slash and Burn' by Claudia Hernández, translated from Spanish by Julia Sanches
Review of 'Slash and Burn' by Claudia Hernández, translated from Spanish by Julia Sanches
Review of ‘Of Strangers and Bees' by Hamid Ismailov, translated Uzbek by Shelly Fairweather-Vega
Review of ‘Of Strangers and Bees' by Hamid Ismailov, translated Uzbek by Shelly Fairweather-Vega
Review of ‘The Devils' Dance’ by Hamid Ismailov, translated from Uzbek by Donald Rayfield
Review of ‘The Devils' Dance’ by Hamid Ismailov, translated from Uzbek by Donald Rayfield
In Print
Michigan Quarterly Review Translation Issue Autumn 2024
Michigan Quarterly Review Translation Issue Autumn 2024
The Southern Review Autumn 2024 Issue
The Southern Review Autumn 2024 Issue
Poetry Ireland Review Issue 141 (2023)
Poetry Ireland Review Issue 141 (2023)
The Spanish Riveter (2023) print copy
The Spanish Riveter (2023) print copy
The Spanish Riveter (2023) pdf
The Spanish Riveter (2023) pdf
World Literature Today Volume 96, No. 1 (2022)
World Literature Today Volume 96, No. 1 (2022)
Cambridge Literary Review Issue 13: Resistance (2021)
Cambridge Literary Review Issue 13: Resistance (2021)
Stephen Spender Prize Booklet (2021)
Stephen Spender Prize Booklet (2021)
Subtropics Issue 30/31 (2021)
Subtropics Issue 30/31 (2021)
Wasafiri Issue 100 (2019)
Wasafiri Issue 100 (2019)
Glory Magazine Milan Issue (2023)
Glory Magazine Milan Issue (2023)
Miscellany
The Edge of Understanding: An Interview with Robin Munby - Asymptote Blog
The Edge of Understanding: An Interview with Robin Munby - Asymptote Blog
Robin Munby súmase a la llista d’Embaxadores de la Llingua Asturiana | Iniciativa pol Asturianu
Robin Munby súmase a la llista d’Embaxadores de la Llingua Asturiana | Iniciativa pol Asturianu
Multilingual Spain at LBF 2023
Changing the Translation Landscape from Multilingual Spain (Instituto Cervantes London)
Changing the Translation Landscape from Multilingual Spain (Instituto Cervantes London)
Less Translated Literatures from Spain: Asturian, Basque, Galician (Literary Translation Centre Panel)
Less Translated Literatures from Spain: Asturian, Basque, Galician (Literary Translation Centre Panel)
Three Percent Podcast: Cultural Support in Multilingual Spain [A Riveting Event]
Three Percent Podcast: Cultural Support in Multilingual Spain [A Riveting Event]
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