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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

Illustrating the Visual Illusions of Walter Benjamin's Mind

Illustrating the Visual Illusions of Walter Benjamin's Mind

On Wandering Through—and Recreating—a Writer's Marginalia

By Frances Cannon | May 9, 2019

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

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

"I believe that lines should be capable of changing shape in many ways."

By Allison Markin Powell | May 8, 2019

Embedded with the Beating Heart of Madagascar's Literary Life

Embedded with the Beating Heart of Madagascar's Literary Life

Allison M. Charette Travels 9,000 Miles to Translate Michèle Rakotoson

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

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

By Elena Marcu | March 6, 2019

On Translating Bolaño (and His Obsessions)

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Ten Thoughts on Having Your Novel Translated into Your Native Tongue

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

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Preti Taneja on "Translating" Shakespeare Into Her Novel

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

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10 Literary Translators on the Art of Translation

10 Literary Translators on the Art of Translation

"Like the ghostwriter, the translator must slip on a second skin."

By Emily Temple | November 28, 2018

I Was Almost Svetlana Alexievich's Translator

I Was Almost Svetlana Alexievich's Translator

Laura Esther Wolfson Falling Short of Literary Fame

By Laura Esther Wolfson | November 5, 2018

The Weirdos of Russian Literature

The Weirdos of Russian Literature

On the Foibles of Genius, From Tolstoy to Akhmatova

By Viv Groskop | November 2, 2018

Anthea Bell, Translator of Sebald, Kafka, and <em>Asterix</em>, Has Died at 82

Anthea Bell, Translator of Sebald, Kafka, and Asterix, Has Died at 82

She Was One of our Greatest English Translators

By Emily Temple | October 18, 2018

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