Everyone was in awe of the poem that the American writer Amanda Gorman read at the inauguration ceremony of US President <a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/joe-biden">Joe Biden.</a>

Now, months after that much-applauded poem, the creation is back in headlines for the wrong reasons.

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As per reports, the Catalan translator for the poem has been removed from the job because he had the wrong "profile".

"They told me that I am not suitable to translate it," Catalan translator Victor Obiols told news agency AFP. "They did not question my abilities, but they were looking for a different profile, which had to be a woman, young, activist and preferably black."

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Obiols had received a request three weeks ago from Barcelona publisher Univers, asking to translate the reading of Gorman's "The Hill We Climb" with a foreword by the famous television show celebrity Oprah Winfrey.

However, after had finished, his publisher was informed that the US had backtracked from their word as he was "not the right person". He is, however, not sure if the rejection came from the original publisher or from Gorman's agent.

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"It is a very complicated subject that cannot be treated with frivolity," said the translator who has earlier translater works of William Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde.&nbsp;

"But if I cannot translate a poet because she is a woman, young, black, an American of the 21st century, neither can I translate Homer because I am not a Greek of the eighth century BC. Or could not have translated Shakespeare because I am nota 16th-century Englishman," he said.

He has been promised to be paid for the work he did, though, from the publisher.

Everyone was in awe of the poem that the American writer Amanda Gorman read at the inauguration ceremony of US President Joe Biden. Now, months after that much-applauded poem, the creation is back in headlines for the wrong reasons.

Everyone was in awe of the poem that the American writer Amanda Gorman read at the inauguration ceremony of US President Joe Biden. Now, months after that much-applauded poem, the creation is back in headlines for the wrong reasons. Also read | Amanda Gorman, Biden inauguration poet, says security guard labelled her 'suspicious' As per reports, the Catalan translator for the poem has been removed from the job because he had the wrong "profile". "They told me that I am not suitable to translate it," Catalan translator Victor Obiols told news agency AFP. "They did not question my abilities, but they were looking for a different profile, which had to be a woman, young, activist and preferably black." Also read | How Amanda Gorman overcame speech impediment with help of a 'Hamilton' song Obiols had received a request three weeks ago from Barcelona publisher Univers, asking to translate the reading of Gorman's "The Hill We Climb" with a foreword by the famous television show celebrity Oprah Winfrey. However, after had finished, his publisher was informed that the US had backtracked from their word as he was "not the right person". He is, however, not sure if the rejection came from the original publisher or from Gorman's agent. Also read | Amanda Gorman becomes youngest inaugural poet in US history "It is a very complicated subject that cannot be treated with frivolity," said the translator who has earlier translater works of William Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde. "But if I cannot translate a poet because she is a woman, young, black, an American of the 21st century, neither can I translate Homer because I am not a Greek of the eighth century BC. Or could not have translated Shakespeare because I am nota 16th-century Englishman," he said. He has been promised to be paid for the work he did, though, from the publisher.

Catalan translator of Amanda Gorman's poem fired for not being of 'right profile'

America's first young poet laureate Amanda Gorman grabbed headlines with her poetry at the President Joe Biden's swearing-in ceremony.&nbsp;

Gorman's powerful poem 'The Hill We Climb' moved one and all as it celebrated the historic moment on Wednesday. Gorman revealed later to CNN after her performance that she dealt with a speech impediment until last two or three years. During the interview, she recalled that she overcame the condition with the help of Tony-winning song `Aaron Burr, Sir` from Broadway play 'Hamilton.' 
 
"It was as recent as college that I was still struggling to say the `R` sound, and so one thing that I would do to try to train myself to say it, is I would listen to the song `Aaron Burr, Sir,` which is just packed with R`s," Groman said."And I would try to keep up with Leslie Odom Jr as he`s doing this amazing rap, and I`d say, `If I can train myself to do this song, then I can train myself to say this letter`," she added.&nbsp; 
 
The poet went on to explain the reason that her inaugural poem contained references to Lin-Manuel Miranda`s theatrical production. "And so that`s been a huge part of my own speech pathology. It`s why I included it in the inaugural poem. Also, beyond that, I think Hamilton is just such a great American cultural piece of what it means to be a better country," she said.&nbsp;

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"It was really hard for me not to just copy and paste `My Shot` and email it to the committee. Like, `Here`s my poem, here we go!` But I cite my sources, which is why I tweeted about Hamilton. I`m really proud to incorporate that in there," she added.&nbsp;

The youngest inaugural poet took to Twitter soon after delivering her work at the ceremony and asked Lin-Manuel if he could catch the references she made to his musical. "Did you catch the 2 @HamiltonMusical references in the inaugural poem? I couldn`t help myself," she had tweeted.&nbsp; 
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America's first young poet laureate Amanda Gorman grabbed headlines with her poetry at the President Joe Biden's swearing-in ceremony. Gorman's powerful poem 'The Hill We Climb' moved one and all as it celebrated the historic moment on Wednesday.

America's first young poet laureate Amanda Gorman grabbed headlines with her poetry at the President Joe Biden's swearing-in ceremony. Gorman's powerful poem 'The Hill We Climb' moved one and all as it celebrated the historic moment on Wednesday. Gorman revealed later to CNN after her performance that she dealt with a speech impediment until last two or three years. During the interview, she recalled that she overcame the condition with the help of Tony-winning song `Aaron Burr, Sir` from Broadway play 'Hamilton.' "It was as recent as college that I was still struggling to say the `R` sound, and so one thing that I would do to try to train myself to say it, is I would listen to the song `Aaron Burr, Sir,` which is just packed with R`s," Groman said."And I would try to keep up with Leslie Odom Jr as he`s doing this amazing rap, and I`d say, `If I can train myself to do this song, then I can train myself to say this letter`," she added. The poet went on to explain the reason that her inaugural poem contained references to Lin-Manuel Miranda`s theatrical production. "And so that`s been a huge part of my own speech pathology. It`s why I included it in the inaugural poem. Also, beyond that, I think Hamilton is just such a great American cultural piece of what it means to be a better country," she said. Amanda Gorman becomes youngest inaugural poet in US history "It was really hard for me not to just copy and paste `My Shot` and email it to the committee. Like, `Here`s my poem, here we go!` But I cite my sources, which is why I tweeted about Hamilton. I`m really proud to incorporate that in there," she added. The youngest inaugural poet took to Twitter soon after delivering her work at the ceremony and asked Lin-Manuel if he could catch the references she made to his musical. "Did you catch the 2 @HamiltonMusical references in the inaugural poem? I couldn`t help myself," she had tweeted.

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