Rae Dalven

Rachel Dalven (25 Afrilu 1904, Preveza, Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire - 27 Yuli 1992, Birnin New York), wanda aka fi sani da Rae Dalven, marubuciya ce ta Romaniote wacce ta zo Amurka tun tana yarinya. An fi saninta da fassarorin ayyukan Cavafy, waƙoƙin wasu marubutan Yahudawa na Romaniote, da kuma littattafanta da wasan kwaikwayo game da Yahudawa na Ioannina .

Tarihin rayuwa

Iyayen Dalven, Isra'ila da Esther, sun koma New York a 1909 tare da 'ya'yansu biyu, Joseph da Rachel, sun bar ɗayan' yaransu, Simcha (Sophie) tare da dangi a Girka saboda kamuwa da ido wanda zai hana ta shiga Amurka Dalven ya ci gaba da kammala karatu daga Kwalejin Hunter kuma daga baya ya sami digiri na biyu a Turanci a Jami'ar New York. Ta kasance farfesa a fannin wasan kwaikwayo da wallafe-wallafen Ingilishi a Kwalejin Ladycliff da kuma shugaban sashen. Ta wallafa The Complete Poems of Cavafy a 1961, lokacin da ba a san mawaki ba a duniyar Turanci, tare da gabatarwa ta W. H. Auden, wanda ya yaba da fassarorin ta a cikin Waƙoƙin Girkanci na zamani (1949) don " gabatar da duniyar shayari wanda aka rufe mana".

Ayyukan Dalven a matsayin mai fassara ya fara ne da waƙoƙin dan uwanta ta hanyar aure, Joseph Eliya [el], wanda ya mutu a 1931, bayan ya koyi game da shi daga dan uwan da ya haifar da wasikarsu na shekaru uku na karshe na rayuwarsa. A cikin 1935, mahaifiyar Eliya ta nemi Dalven ya fassara waƙoƙin ɗanta zuwa Turanci a matsayin burinsa na mutuwa. Ta yi tafiye-tafiye zuwa Ioannina, garin Eliya, a cikin 1936 da 1937, kafin halakar da al'ummar Yahudawa a can. Bayanan rubutu da ra'ayoyin da ta rubuta sun zama tushe ga littattafanta na gaba da wasan kwaikwayo game da al'ummar Romaniote na Ioannina. Fassarar waƙoƙin Eliya, wanda Anatolia Press ta buga a 1944 a New York, wasu daga cikin fassarorin farko na waƙoƙar Girkanci na zamani da aka buga a Amurka da waje da Girka. Sauran sanannun fassarorin ta sun haɗa da waƙoƙin Yiannis Ritsos, kwaminisanci wanda aka dakatar da waƙarsa a lokacin gwamnatin Girka (1967-1974) - fassarorin Dalven sun kasance wasu daga cikin fassarorin farko na waƙoƙinsa bayan ƙarshen mulkin kama karya. Ta yi la'akari da aikinta a kan Cavafy da ta fi so. [1]

Rayuwa ta mutum

Baya ga 'yan uwanta, an haifi wasu yara bakwai bayan iyalin sun isa New York. Dalven ta auri Jack Negrin, wanda shi ma Bayahude ne, amma auren ya ƙare da kisan aure ba tare da yara ba. Ɗan'uwanta Joseph ya kasance darektan kiwon lafiya na Gidan Sephardic na Shekaru talatin da biyar.

Kyautar Rae Dalven

An ba da kyautar Rae Dalven a karo na farko a shekarar 1997. Shirin Alexander S. Onassis na NYU a cikin Nazarin Helenanci yana neman gabatarwar don kyautar shekara-shekara don amincewa da ƙwarewar ilimi a cikin Nazaren Helenanci tsakanin ɗalibai a Jami'ar New York.