Harvard: Translator Richard Zenith on 500 Years of Luís Vaz de Camões

Celebrating the 500th birthday of Luís de Camões (1524-1580), Tagus Press has published a new, significantly revised edition of the great Portuguese Renaissance poet’s lyric poetry, Sonnets and Other Poems. The translator, Richard Zenith, will be in conversation with Ph.D. candidate Adam Mahler to discuss what makes this body of work so fascinating and its appeal so enduring, illustrating his remarks with readings from the poems. Zenith will also consider the challenges he faced when rendering it into English.