Welcome to Women in Translation Month!

Welcome to Women in Translation Month!

By Aaron Robertson | August 1, 2019

On One of the Great Dutch Novels of Social Reform

On One of the Great Dutch Novels of Social Reform

How Eduard Douwes Dekker's Max Havelaar Led to a Revolution

By Pramoedya Ananta Toer | July 25, 2019

The Poetic Pleasures and Pains We Can Only Express in Dutch

The Poetic Pleasures and Pains We Can Only Express in Dutch

Sadiqa de Meijer on How Landscapes Change as Our Language Does

By Sadiqa de Meijer | June 25, 2019

The Anti-Capitalist Power of Jean de La Ville de Mirmont's Fiction

The Anti-Capitalist Power of Jean de La Ville de Mirmont's Fiction

André Naffis-Sahely on His New Translation of a Long-Neglected Existentialist Novella

By André Naffis-Sahely | June 21, 2019

On Fact, Fiction, and Translating Lena Andersson

On Fact, Fiction, and Translating Lena Andersson

Saskia Vogel Profiles the Author of Acts of Infidelity

By Saskia Vogel | May 23, 2019

On Translating Mario Levrero, <br>The Kafka of Uruguay

On Translating Mario Levrero,
The Kafka of Uruguay

“It’s a mistake to expect literature to come only from literary sources.”

By Annie McDermott | May 15, 2019

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Illustrating the Visual Illusions of Walter Benjamin's Mind

By Frances Cannon | May 9, 2019

Kanako Nishi on Writing Gender, Power, and the Pain of Others

By Allison Markin Powell | May 8, 2019

Embedded with the Beating Heart of Madagascar's Literary Life

By Allison M. Charette | April 17, 2019

Svetlana Alexievich in Praise<br> of Maxim Osipov

Svetlana Alexievich in Praise
of Maxim Osipov

On the Russian Doctor Who Treats His Characters Like His Patients

By Svetlana Alexievich | April 9, 2019

A Letter to Virginia Woolf,On Translating <em>A Room of One's Own</em> into Romanian

A Letter to Virginia Woolf,On Translating A Room of One's Own into Romanian

"I write to you as myself, I write to you as us all, I write to you as one."

By Elena Marcu | March 6, 2019

On Translating Bolaño (and His Obsessions)

On Translating Bolaño (and His Obsessions)

A Q&A with Natasha Wimmer, Translator of The Spirit of Science Fiction

By Literary Hub | February 8, 2019

Ten Thoughts on Having Your Novel Translated into Your Native Tongue

Ten Thoughts on Having Your Novel Translated into Your Native Tongue

The Challenges of Working in a Language You Only Use to Speak to Your Mother

By Johannes Lichtman | February 5, 2019

Marcel Proust Was Almost Impossible to Edit

Marcel Proust Was Almost Impossible to Edit

Carol Clark on the Challenges of Editing and Translating The Prisoner

By Carol Clark | January 8, 2019

What Do I Risk Losing By Writing Down My Family's Stories in English?

What Do I Risk Losing By Writing Down My Family's Stories in English?

Jamil Jan Kochai on Traditions of Afghan Oral Storytelling

By Jamil Jan Kochai | January 7, 2019

Preti Taneja on

Preti Taneja on "Translating" Shakespeare Into Her Novel

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin and Drew Broussard on
So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | December 4, 2018

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