Who can translate black literature?
In particular, who is allowed to translate Amanda Gorman, the young black poet who became world famous for her appearance at the Joe Biden swearing-in ceremony?
At least not Victor Obiols. Among other things, he has translated Shakespeare into Catalan. The commission for Gorman's inauguration poem was withdrawn from him again. The Catalan publisher has now told him that his "profile" does not fit, he told the AFP news agency. Instead, according to Obiols, they are now looking “for someone with a different profile, a young activist, ideally black”.