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Ana Brnardić

terorist

  • 1 aerodrom | Translations: bgcaenesglslsv
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  • 4 misli se odmaraju | Translations: enslsv
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Language: croatian
Translations: english (THE TERRORIST), slovenian (TERORIST), swedish (TERRORISTEN)
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terorist

točno je 18 sati u Minneapolisu
u dvorani za osumnjičene ja i punašna crnkinja
ona unosi „hranu, zmije i insekte“ u SAD
a ja sam siromašna udavača
gospodin Kai gleda me odozdo u oči
otvara moju torbu punu miraza
u njoj se bijeli sumnjivi rukopis
želi znati što će mi 200 papira natipkanih na čudnom jeziku
to je fascinantna rekonstrukcija života
našega Spasitelja, kažem u sebi
drhtim, znojim se
prihvaćam ulogu nevjeste-terorista
nakon sat vremena otključavaju vrata
posvuda miris palmina ulja
stopala propadaju do gležnja u aerodromski tapison
odbacujem željezne proteze iz domovine i
tonem u ružičastu milost

© Ana Brnardić
From: Postanak ptica
Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo pisaca, 2009
Audio production: Croatian PEN Centre
Categories: society, homeland

Translations:

Language: english

THE TERRORIST

It is exactly 18:00 hours in Minneapolis.
In the suspects waiting room I sit next to a plump black lady.
She tried to smuggle "food, snakes and insects" into the USA.
I am, on the other hand, a poor bride hunting for a husband.
Mr Kai peers down at me. 
He opens my bag brimming with dowry.
A white manuscript sticks out suspiciously.
He wants to know why I have 200 pages typed in some strange language.
That is a fascinating reconstruction of the life
of our Lord the Saviour - I say to myself.
I shiver and perspire.
I accept the role of a terrorist-bride.
An hour later someone unlocks the door.
Suddenly everything smells of palm oil.
My feet sink into the airport carpet.
I discard the iron prosthesis of my homeland
as I slide into a pink mercy.

Translated by Damir and Majda Šodan
Translation published in: www.versopolis.com
Language: slovenian

TERORIST

V Minneapolisu je ura točno šest popoldne
V dvorani za osumljence jaz in zajetna črnka.
Ona vnaša v ZDA »hrano, kače in insekte«.
Jaz pa sem revno dekle, godno za možitev.
Gospod Kai me gleda izpod čela v oči.
Odpira mojo torbo, polno dote.
V njej se beli sumljiv rokopis.
Hoče vedeti, kaj mi bo dvesto listov papirja, natipkanih v čudnem jeziku.
To je fascinantna rekonstrukcija življenja
Našega Odrešenika, rečem sama pri sebi.
Drhtim, se znojim.
Sprejemam vlogo neveste-terorista.
Čez eno uro odklenejo vrata.
Povsod vonj po palmovem olju.
Stopala se do gležnjev udirajo v letališki tapisom.
Odmetavam železne proteze iz domovine in
tonem v rožnato milost.

prevod: Višnja Fičor
Objavljeno v: Nastanek ptic, Dnevi poezije in vina, Beletrina, 2016
Language: swedish

TERRORISTEN

klockan är prick 18 i Minneapolis
jag och en mullig svart kvinna i rummet för misstänkta
hon tar in »livsmedel, ormar och insekter« i USA
och jag är fattig och giftasvuxen
uppifrån stirrar herr Kai stint på mig
han öppnar min proppfulla hemgiftsväska
därinne blänker ett suspekt manuskript
han vill veta vad jag ska med 200 utskrivna sidor på ett konstigt språk
det är en fascinerande rekonstruktion
av Frälsarens liv, säger jag för mig själv
jag darrar, svettas
tar på mig rollen som giftasvuxen terrorist
efter en timme låser de upp dörren
överallt lukten av palmolja
fötterna sjunker ner till anklarna i flygplatsens heltäckningsmatta
jag kastar av mig järnproteserna från hemlandet och
glider in i ett rosa skimmer av nåd

Översättning: Djordje Zarkovic
i: Fåglarnas tillblivelse, Rámus förlag, Malmö, Švedska, 2016
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Ana Brnardić

photo © Nikola Kuprešanin
* 18.07.1980, Zagreb, Croatia
lives in: Zagreb, Croatia

Ana Brnardić was born in Zagreb in 1980. She holds a M.A. in Comparative Literature and Croatian Language and Literature (University of Zagreb) and a M.A. in Music (violin; Music Academy in Zagreb). She has published four volumes of poetry - Pisaljka nekog mudraca (1998), Valcer zmija (2005), Postanak ptica (2009) and Uzbrdo (2015) -  which received several prestigious Croatian awards for poetry.

 photo © Nikola Kuprešanin
Her poems were translated into English, Italian, Catalan, Galician, Spanish, Romanian, Swedish, Albanian, Bulgarian, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Hungarian etc. Selected poemes, translated into Romanian by Dumitru M. Ion, were published under the title "Hotel cu muzicieni" in Bucharest, Romania, in 2009. The book "Postanak ptica" was translated into Swedish by Djordje Zarkovic and published by Rámus förlag (Sweden, 2016). 

Ana Brnardić translates modern and contemporary poetry and prose from Romanian into Croatian language and takes part in the EU project Versopolis. 
She lives in Zagreb.

Publications
  • Pisaljka nekog mudraca

    knjiga pjesama

    Zagreb: SKUD "Ivan Goran Kovačić", 1998

  • Valcer zmija

    Sisak: Matica Hrvatska, 2005

  • Hotel cu muzicieni

    [Selected pomes, translated into Romanian by Dumitru M. Ion]

    Bucharest, Romania: 2009

  • Postanak ptica

    Zagreb: h.d.p. [Hrvatsko društvo pisaca], 2009

  • Uzbrdo

    Zagreb: V.B.Z., 2015

  • Fåglarnas tillblivelse

    ["Postanak ptica", translated into Swedish Djordje Zarkovic]

    Malmö, Sweden: Rámus förlag, 2016

  • Vuk i breza

    knjiga pjesama

    Hena com, 2019

Awards
  • Goran Award for young poets

  • Slavić Award for poetry debut

  • Thy City of Sisak Award

  • Kvirin Award for young poets

Links
  • Ana Brnardić @ Versopolis

    more poems with translations into English

    Website
  • Postanak ptica (online edition, 2014)

    Website

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