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AUGUSTA – Robert Nash, a mysterious figure and local poet, lived in Augusta in the 1980s and disappeared into the Maine woods in 1995. His body was never found, but in 2016 a suitcase of his poems were discovered in a basement in France.
Seattle poet Francoise Canter on at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 6, a reading and discussion of her book, “Maine,” an interpretation and translation of these rediscovered poems, touching on themes of the Maine woods, the Atlantic coast, life, death and fatherhood.
The poems found in France were written in French, and Canter was approached for the work of translating them into English. According to Canter, translating the poems was an intense and absorbing process that not only bonded her to the writer, but also caused new aspects to emerge from the poems.
“What interests me is the poetry that emerges between the two languages during translation – a poetry that is created by translation…A translation is not just a translation, it is a rendition,” Canter said.
One of Nash’s poems begins, “This morning in Augusta’s streets / I feel far from home.”
As with all of Lithgow’s events, the event is free and open to the public. Lithgow Library is located at 45 Winthrop St. For more information, call the library at 207-626-2415 or visit www.lithgowlibrary.org.
