Two New Poems by Olivia Elias
“nothing to hold on to no more suitcases / & nothing left to take away”
Jérémy Victor Robert
‘Grief, a Wolf,’: New Poetry by Olivia Elias
Grief, a Wolf, December 31, 2024, by Olivia Elias, translated from French by Jérémy Victor Robert * in these barbaric times….I live like a sick person forced to save […]
New Poetry by Olivia Elias, July 2024
Say By Olivia Elias translated by Jérémy Victor Robert A poet of the Palestinian diaspora, Olivia Elias writes in French. Born in Haifa in 1944, she lived until the age […]
A Poem by Olivia Elias from Day 38, Nov. 14
On November 13, we shared a special section on Palestinian poet Olivia Elias, who writes in French, which included video readings by Elias and her translators; a conversation between Elias […]
In Focus: Poet Olivia Elias’s ‘Your Name, Palestine’
To mark the launch of Olivia Elias’s Your Name, Palestine last month, we share a conversation between the poet and her translators, Sarah Riggs and Jérémy Victor Robert; an excerpt from Your Name, […]
In Conversation: Palestinian Poet Olivia Elias
On September 28, 2023, around book-launch events in Brooklyn, Palestinian poet Olivia Elias — based in France — sat down with translators Sarah Riggs and Jérémy Victor Robert to talk […]
An Excerpt of ‘Your Name, Palestine’ by Olivia Elias
Excerpted from Your Name, Palestine, published this month by World Poetry Books. Poems by Olivia Elias, translated by Sarah Riggs and Jérémy Victor Robert, with drawings by Basil King. […]