Brodsky: Gained in translation

[Robert Chandler]

Me too!

R.

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> would like to know the source of Brodsky's statement!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Dolack
> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 5:14 PM
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> Subject: [SEELANGS] Brodsky: Gained in translation
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> Vsem privet!
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> In trolling through stuff on the internet I came across the following
> quote by Brodsky: "Poetry is what is gained in translation." It's an
> apparent reaction to Frost's famous addage that "poetry is what is lost
> in translation." Does anybody happen to know where the quote comes from?
> I found something vaguely similar in an essay he wrote on Cavafy, but
> can't put my finger on the exact line.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please respond off-list.
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> Vsego dobrogo,
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> Tom Dolack
> University of Oregon
> tdolack at uoregon.edu
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