Unlocking the 'Land of Eternal Blue Sky' with Simon Wickhamsmith (Mongolian)

(00:06) Introduction and Background of Simon Wickham Smith

(01:35) Simon's Introduction to Mongolian, Tibetan, and Manchu Languages

(06:13) Simon's Encounter with Mongolian Literature and Culture

(10:17) Simon's Meditation Practice

(12:45) Introduction to Mongolia and Its Sociopolitical Situation

(17:07) Overview of Contemporary Mongolian Literature

(22:35) Simon's Translation Works: Politics and Literature in Mongolia

(30:05) Simon's Translation Works: The Secret Life of Sixth Dalai Lama

(34:53) Efforts in Translating Mongolian Literature to English

(35:53) Introduction to the Short Story Compilation, Sun Cranes and Other Stories

(51:01) Reading from the Short Story Compilation, Sun Cranes and Other Stories

Simon Wickhamsmith was born in England and educated at King's College, London and the University of Washington. He spent his younger days as a monk in Tibet. He has been researching and translating Mongolian literature since the late 1990s. He currently lives in New Jersey and teaches at Rutgers University. His publications include a translation of poems by Ts. Oidov, The End of the Dark Era (Phoneme, 2015), an anthology, Suncranes and Other Stories: Modern Mongolian Short Fiction Columbia University Press, 2021), and a monograph, Politics and Literature in Mongolia 1921-1948 (Amsterdam University Press, 2020).

In this Episode, Simon spoke about his Journey into Translations, Mongolian Literature and about the book 'Suncranes and other stories'.

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