Episode 3597: “Eugene Onegin" shaped Russian literature the way Shakespeare shaped English drama—and now it’s being reimagined in a whole new way.

“Eugene Onegin" shaped Russian literature the way Shakespeare shaped English drama—and now it’s being reimagined in a whole new way.Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) is Russia’s most beloved poet, and Eugene Onegin —his “novel in verse”—is considered the most influential work in Russian literature. In this episode, we welcome back acclaimed poet, translator , scholar and celebrated author Martin Bidney, who has created something utterly unprecedented: a verse interview book with his internationally acclaimed "ALEXANDER PUSHKIN’S VERSE NOVEL "EUGENE ONEGIN": A Form-True Dialogic Verse Translation with Lyrical Replies and Supplements".For every 14-line stanza Pushkin wrote, Bidney responds with a Pushkin-style reply poem, turning the translation into a living dialogue—two verse novels in conversation across centuries. The result is not just a translation, but a collaboration with genius.Bidney, Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at Binghamton University,   has spent decades crafting poetic dialogues with literary giants. His work is praised by leading scholars,  as a groundbreaking application of the “dialogic” approach to literature.  His wide ranging fascination with revelatory writing stems from  "patterns of epiphany where martin pioneered a method of analysis he has since applied to over 20 authors   In the first 23 years of his "rewirement" he has published 61 books of original and translated poetry, often including both in what he calls "verse translation interviews" with poets he has read in Polish, Russian, German, and French.Join us for a deep and delightful conversation about poetry, translation, literary history, and what happens when a translator becomes a collaborator. we welcome back to Martin Bidney.AMAZONhttps://www.martinbidney.org/http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/21226mbsl.mp3