English Episodes

Romesh Gunesekera is on Harshaneeyam talking about evaluating the International Booker Prize - 2024 and his journey as a reader and writer. Romesh Gunesekera was born in Colombo and lives in London. He is a Fellow of the Roya...

In this episode, Book Blogger, Reviewer, Stuart Allen spoke about the novel 'Undiscovered' and his passion for book reading. Stuart Allen Lives in Chesterfield near the Peak District in UK. He works for the NHS to support pa...

'Kairos' is a novel written by the famous German Novelist Jenny Erpenbeck. It was translated into English by Michael Hoffman. It is about life in East Germany in the 1980s, the Fall of the Berlin Wall, and its effects. its sh...

Our Guest for this episode is Fiammetta Rocco, Administrator for International Booker Prize since it was established in 2005. Fiammetta spoke about her childhood in Nairobi, her love for books, her multilingualism, and the si...

Sarah Timmer Harvey spoke about translation of the novel, ' What I would Rather not think about' which is Short listed for International booker prize - 2024 in this episode. Sarah Timmer Harvey is a translator and writer cu...

This episode's guest is Kira Josefsson. She spoke about her translated work, 'The Details,' which is long-listed for the International Booker Prize 2024. 'The Details' was originally published in Swedish. Ia Genberg is the au...

Today We have Boris Dralyuk With us. He is speaking about his translation of 'The Silver Bone' Written in Russian by Andrey Kurkov. 'The Silver Bone' is Long-Listed for International Booker Prize - 2024. Boris Dralyuk is a po...

Today, we have Distinguished Albanian translator John Hodgson with us. He is talking about his international Booker-longlisted rendition of 'A Dictator Calls' written by Albanian Writer Ismail Kadare. The author and translato...

Today, Johnny Lorenz will speak on his translation of 'Crooked Plow,' which is long-listed for the International Booker Prize-2024. Johnny Lorenz, son of Brazilian immigrants to the United States, is a translator of Brazilian...

Guest for Today's Episode is Noel Hernandez Gonzalez talking about hsi experience of Co-Translating 'Simpatia' a Spanish Novel, which has been longlisted for International Booker - 2024. Noel Hernández González is originall...

Guest for this Episode is Annie Mcdermott. Annie McDermott is the translator of a dozen books from Spanish and Portuguese, by such writers as Mario Levrero, Ariana Harwicz, Brenda Lozano, Fernanda Trías and Lídia Jorge. She w...

Guest for this episode is Leah Janeczko. Originally from Chicago, Leah Janeczko has lived in Milan since 1991. For over 25 years she’s been an Italian-to-English translator of fiction for all ages. Her recent translations inc...

Sora Kim Russell and Youngjae translate from Korean to English. Their co-translation of Hwang Sok-yong’s Mater 2-10 has been longlisted for the 2024 Booker International Prize. In this episode, they spoke about the author an...

Guest for this Episode is Translator - Oonagh Stransky. She spoke about her translation of 'The House on Via Gemito' Which is long listed for International Booker - 2024. Oonagh Stransky’s translations from the Italian includ...

Today we have with us - Kate Webster who is a translator based in London. She will be speaking about her Translation of "White Nights" written in Polish by Urszula Honek. 'White Nights' is long listed for International Book...

Today we have Jacob Rogers with us . He is a translator from Galician and Spanish. He has won grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the PEN/Heim Translation Fund, and co-edited features of Galician literature f...

In this episode, Sawad Hussain spoke about bringing Arabic Literature into English, developmental editing, her passion for mentoring and her new book ‘Djinn’s Apple'. Sawad Hussain is a translator from Arabic whose work in 2...

(00:00) Introduction to the Guest: Rose Schwartz (01:33) Rose Schwartz's Early Love for French (03:29) Living in France: Experiences and Learnings (04:37) Entry into Translation (06:48) Challenges and Triumphs of First Book ...

Today We have Kotryna Garanasvili speaking about Lithuanian Literature in translation, and her work in translations. Kotryna Garanasvili is a writer, translator and interpreter working with English, Lithuanian, French, German...

In this podcast episode, Dr. David Bellos, a professor at Princeton, discusses his journey into translation and his book on translation ' Is that a Fish in your ear' . Dr. Bellos began translating in the 1980s and emphasises ...

Izidora Angel, in this conversation, spoke about her experience of Emigration to America, the initiative that she is involved in, 'Third Coast Translators Collective' and the legendary Bulgarian writer - Hristo Karastoyanov. ...

Guest for this Episode is Naveen Kishore, Founder and MD of Seagull Books. Born in Calcutta Naveen Kishore received graduation in English Literature in 1973, and began working as a theatre lighting designer. He established S...

In this episode writer, translator Jegadeesh Kumar talked about his translation of 'A Fine thread and other stories' , his upcoming projects and about author Jeyamohan. Jegadeesh Kumar is a student of Eastern Philosophy, Mat...

Hassan Kassim is a Kenyan writer and Kiswahili literary translator. He was a beneficiary of the PenPen residency by the European Union, later longlisted for the inaugural Toyin Falola Prize for African short fiction, and the ...