On March 1, The Guardian reported that Amanda Gorman's Dutch translator, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, had quit. Amanda Gorman, the poet who catapulted onto the world stage after an astounding performance at U.S. President Joe Biden's January inauguration, had approved Rijneveld, an acclaimed Dutch writer, themselves, but the announcement that Rijneveld would translate Gorman's book The Hill We Climb provoked backlash.
Translators Weigh In on the Amanda Gorman Controversy - Asymptote Blog
22 March 2021
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