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Shakespeare.

I can think of others, too.

I have heard a lot of my favourite authors read from their works: Dorothy Dunnett, Guy Gavriel Kay, Karin Lowachee. It was wonderful.

Date: 2008-11-06 05:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ataniell93.livejournal.com
Sei Shounagon, though I'd need a translator; I don't speak Heian Japanese...

Date: 2008-11-06 05:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fajrdrako.livejournal.com
But it would still be fun to hear, don't you think? I like hearing things in Japanese. What does Heian mean?

A week ago I went to a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream that was partly translated into Hindi, Sanskrit, Bengali, Tamil, and a few other Indian languages. I couldn't understand any of them - I couldn't even tell which were Indo-European and which weren't - but it was lovely to hear, and the acting was so good, the meaning came across. Just not the words.

Language is a funny thing.

Date: 2008-11-06 06:46 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] silverwhistle.livejournal.com
Heian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heian_period) is the time-period 794-1185 or 1192 in Japan. It's roughly contemporary with a lot of our friends!

Date: 2008-11-06 07:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fajrdrako.livejournal.com
Woo, yes, spot on!

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