18-year-old wins prestigious Times Stephen Spender Prize for poetry in translation</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="18-year-old wins prestigious Times Stephen Spender Prize for poetry in translation"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="18-year-old,wins,prestigious,Times,Stephen,Spender,Prize,for,poetry,in,translation"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">27-10-2008</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>18-year-old wins prestigious Times Stephen Spender Prize for poetry in translation</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_Ra5FO1dQtkUcgwa66ToY_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">London, UK (Times): The belief that thinking and writing are themselves intensely pleasurable and valuable characterises the spirit of the Stephen Spender Prize for poetry in translation, set up by the Stephen Spender Memorial Trust. While reciting Baudelaire's Le Cygne in French might charm a lover into bed, explaining how you translated it into English will probably send them to sleep. Its reward is itself and it is a task for only the most dedicated and sophisticated linguists. It is surprising then that 18-year-old Imogen Halstead, of Northampton, won first place in the open category of this year's competition. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/poetry/article5006456.ece " target="blank">entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/poetry/article5006456.ece </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show