Transviolatingpoetry Collective

Transviolatingpoetry is a collective of translators based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Working in the tradition of the Moscow Linguistic Circle, the collective aims to promote awareness of what is happening during translation, rejecting translation done in the image of the translator and trying to bring new texts to the host language and vice-versa. The collective has a base membership, but is also sustained by the presence of sporadic translators who contribute. This has led to the publication of the book Twister Tongues and a book of contemporary Russian verse is to be published in the autumn. The collective hold seminars, lectures and translation en masse at the House Museum of Zoschenko, the Andrei Bely Cultural Centre and the Centre for Independent Research.