Richard Sieburth will present his translations and engage in discussion with Christian Lehnert.
Richard Sieburth is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at New York University and a renowned translator of German and French poetry and literature.
Christian Lehnert is the Head of Liturgical Studies at the University of Leipzig and a critically acclaimed poet, recipient of the 2024 Hölderlin Prize for German Poetry.
Co-sponsored by the Rethinking Translation and Classical Traditions and Receptions seminars and the Center for the Study of World Religions.
Founded as a graduate program in 1904 and joining with the undergraduate Literature Concentration in 2007, Harvard’s Department of Comparative Literature operates at the crossroads of multilingualism, literary study, and media history.
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