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Jhumpa Lahiri on Michael F. Moore’s Translation of Alessandro Manzoni’s
The Betrothed
“The fruit of the union between an author and a translator is what enables literature to proliferate and seduce readers.”
By
Jhumpa Lahiri
| September 13, 2022
Jhumpa Lahiri: Why Is Italo Calvino So Beloved Outside Italy?
On the Translatability and “Secret Essence” of Calvino’s Language
By
Jhumpa Lahiri
| May 19, 2022
Jhumpa Lahiri on the Joy of Translation as Discovery
"I can no longer imagine not working on a translation."
By
Jhumpa Lahiri
| May 1, 2021
Jhumpa Lahiri on Editing an Anthology of Italian Fiction
The Editor of
The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories
on the Need for More Literature in Translation
By
Jhumpa Lahiri
| September 10, 2019
Jhumpa Lahiri on the Compulsion to Translate Domenico Starnone
Another Great Neapolitan Novel Comes to America
By
Jhumpa Lahiri
| March 7, 2017
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