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Andrew Staniland
@andrewspoet.bsky.social
English poet and co-translator of C Asian poetry
New book of Alisher Navoiy’s 10 chistons (riddles), translated with the amazing Madina, who also co-translated “Ghazals To Allah”. Available on Amazon and elsewhere…
September 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
New book of ghazals by Alisher Navoiy, translated with a group of amazing students. Available on Amazon and elsewhere…
September 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
New collection of my own poems, drawing on Turkic-Persianate poetry and Central Asia in general for much of the inspiration. Available on Amazon and in select bookshops…
April 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
New book of translations. “Ghazals & Ruba’iyat” by Alisher Navoiy. Includes the ghazals from the Navoiy/Cho’lpon book, completely rewritten, plus 2 new ghazals and 15 ruba’iyat. Available on Amazon…
March 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Another new book of translations! “Three Karakalpak Poets” is the first collection of English translations of the great 19th C poets Berdaq and Ajiniyaz, with their poems about oppression and exile, and the 20th C lyric poet Ibrayim Yusupov, whose “Aral Elegies”… 1/2
April 22, 2024 at 9:51 AM
New book of translations! “New Method, New Poetry” is an anthology of Uzbek poetry by the Jadids, a reform movement in C Asia in the early 20th C, who perished in Stalin’s Terror. They wrote poems about political and social issues that are still fresh and relevant today.
April 8, 2024 at 10:18 AM