Selma Ancira: Lev Tolstoy, Marina Tsvetaeva and the work of the translator
I do not translate because it's my job, I translate because it's my way of being in the world
Much of the thinking and feeling of Lev Tolstoy and Marina Tsvetaeva have reached the Spanish-speaking audience through the translator and Mexican philologist Selma Ancira. His most recent work, 'Aphorisms’ Lev Tolstoy, It is a selection of the author's posthumous book, entitled 'The way of life'.
“I find it very important that 'Aphorisms’ Tolstoy was published at this time, not only in Mexico, but the world in general. Tolstoy's proposal to meditate in deep thoughts written by the most transcendental sages of humanity is very important. He wanted this book to be a reference book, in an attempt to change the world in a non-violent”.