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Dawid Mobolaji

@dawidmobolaji.bsky.social
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Literary translator (Polish - English), writer and resident doctor Translations of prose and poetry in Words Without Borders, Asymptote, The Dial and elsewhere London, UK linktr.ee/dawidmobolaji

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Dawid Mobolaji @dawidmobolaji.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Watched La Chimera last night and like, I’m just supposed to go back to my normal life after this? Cool
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The Dial @thedialmag.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Our first issue of 2025 explores bodies—how they’re controlled, how they disappear or are reclaimed, how they become political. This month, we’ll bring you writing and reporting from Chile, Indonesia, Poland, Nigeria, Sweden and more: www.thedial.world/articles/iss...
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Editors' Note: Bodies — The Dial
This month’s issue revolves around bodies — how they are controlled, how they disappear or are reclaimed, how they become political.
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Dawid Mobolaji @dawidmobolaji.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
The first few poems from International Booker-nominated Urszula Honek’s latest collection, Poltergeist, in my translation www.thedial.world/articles/lit...
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Poems from Poland — The Dial
Written by Urszula Honek
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Dawid Mobolaji @dawidmobolaji.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
To end a year of exciting translation projects - in the December issue of Plume, you can enjoy ‘Sons’ by Bartosz Konstrat, a poem about the violence and the gentleness of male adolescence, in my translation… plumepoetry.com/bartosz-kons...
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Bartosz Konstrat translated from Polish by Dawid Mobolaji - Plume
Bartosz Konstrat translated from Polish by Dawid Mobolaji   SONS   Suddenly: bam! The little boys rise from their knees, their teeth grow and begin to bite. Suddenly: bam! Instead of drinking their mo...
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Anna Dżabagina @annadzabagina.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
QueerMuzeum Warsaw is about to open! I am super excited (and a bit nervous). Our page is already online (English version will be in a couple of days), along with the exhibition guide, describing centuries of Polish queer history 🏳️‍🌈👇🏼 queermuzeum.pl
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Dawid Mobolaji @dawidmobolaji.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Thank you @identitytheory.bsky.social for giving these two poems by Bartosz Konstrat (in my translation) a home 🧡
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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 29/11/2024
And like a magical charm @pscalpello.bsky.social appears here!!! Everyone get their book LIMBIC from @cipherpress.bsky.social & follow them 💞💘❤️‍🔥
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Dawid Mobolaji @dawidmobolaji.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Beautiful readings by Ange Mlinko at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social last night. Stunning to hear contemporary poets breathing such new life into rhyme and meter
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Dawid Mobolaji @dawidmobolaji.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Never done with this book, in the best possible way
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Dawid Mobolaji @dawidmobolaji.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Evening walk
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Dawid Mobolaji @dawidmobolaji.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
First encounter with Clarice Lispector. That feeling of “oh damn I didn’t even know it could be done like this” is priceless every time
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Dawid Mobolaji @dawidmobolaji.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Saying hi to Bluesky with autumn leaves in London, a poem by Anna Świrszczyńska translated by Czesław Miłosz, a kitten and a sunset over Mount Olympus from my recent writing retreat in Greece
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