tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975068782640761502.post8069905905129718092..comments2024-01-03T08:48:10.334+08:00Comments on LOL Literatures in Other Languages: "National" literary languageAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08899050113520098038noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975068782640761502.post-47231813551243530862009-06-28T07:30:08.749+08:002009-06-28T07:30:08.749+08:00Tangential to issues raised by this blog is an adv...Tangential to issues raised by this blog is an advice given to W.S. Merwin by Ezra Pound, that I'd like to share. Merwin, whose latest poetry collection "Shadow of Sirius" is this year's Pulitzer Prize winner, was interviewed by Bill Moyers on PBS last night, June 26, 2009. To paraphrase Pound's advice, translate a foreign language book to your own language, and try to write 75 lines of poetry each day. Translating presumably heightens your understanding of your own language, and the daily regimen sharpens your craft.Paulinonoreply@blogger.com