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The guest for this Episode is Peter Bush. Born in Lincolnshire, UK, He has translated works from Catalan, French, Spanish and Portuguese to English. He spoke about his Translations in Catalan, Prominent authors in Catalan, Translation as an academic Discipline, and his Experience at the British Center for Literary Translation (BCLT).

Bush has been active not only as a translator but also in developing literary translation as an academic discipline by working in the academic world, serving in ke...

In this episode, Senior translator Alex Zucker spoke about his work, Translation contracts and the Czech Author Jachym Topol.

Alex Zucker has translated novels by the Czech authors Magdaléna Platzová, Jáchym Topol, Bianca Bellová, Petra Hůlová, J. R. Pick, Tomáš Zmeškal, Josef Jedlička, Heda Margolius Kovály, Patrik Ouředník, and Miloslava Holubová. He has also Englished stories, plays, subtitles, young adult and children’s books, song lyrics, reportages, essays, poems, philosophy, art history,...

The Guest for Today's Episode is Tiffany Tsao.

Tiffany Tsao is a writer and literary translator. She is the author of the novel The Majesties and the Oddfits fantasy trilogy (so far, The Oddfits and The More Known World.)

She has translated five books from Indonesian into English. For her translation of Budi Darma’s People from Bloomington, she was awarded the 2023 PEN Translation Prize and the 2023 NSW Premier’s Translation Prize. Her translation of Norman Erikson Pasaribu’s 'Happy Stories, M...

Today’s guest is Aananth Daksnamurthy. He is speaking about his passion for reading and publishing and his upcoming trip to India and Srilaka to look for literature for publication as a part of the SALT initiative. Aananth Daksnamurthy is a Fulbright scholar graduating with a master's in publishing from New York University. His first book, Acquisition, a Swedish novel titled The Details, was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024. Ananth is also part of the SALT contingent, visiting...

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 Royal Society of Literature. He is currently judging the 2024 International Booker Prize.

(00:00) Introduction to Ramesh Bhunasekara and His Literary Journey

(01:16) The Beginnings of a Reader Turned Writer

(07:38) The Evolution of a Writer: From Reader to International Auth...

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 patients with learning disabilities in the community to avoid going into hospital. He started his blog 'Winston'sdad' 14 years ago.

Initially, the challenge was to read 52 books from 52 countries; having done that, the focus has predominantly been on books in translation. He ...

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'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 short listed for International booker prize in 2024.

In this episode, Marina Sofia talks about the novel in detail, having read both the German and the English versions.

Marina Sofia is a reputed translator and co-founder of Corylus Books, a publishing house that translates ...

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 significance of the International Booker Prize to the world of literary fiction.

Fiammetta Rocco was an editor for 25 years at The Economist, specialising in books and arts.

Her journalism has won awards on both sides of the Atlantic. Fiammetta has been the judge of numerou...

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 currently based in Woodstock, New York. She holds an MFA from Columbia University in New York and a BA from Southern Cross University. Sarah’s translation of Jente Posthuma’s novel 'What I’d Rather Not Think About' was published by Scribe in 2023. Reconstruction, their translat...

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 author.

Kira Josefsson is a writer, editor, and translator between Swedish and English. Her work has been Long-listed for the International Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Bernard Shaw Prize. She lives in Queens, New York, and writes on US events and politics in the Swe...

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 poet, translator, and critic. He holds a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from UCLA and has taught at UCLA and the University of St Andrews, Scotland. He currently teaches in the English Department at the University of Tulsa.

He is the author of My Hollywood and Oth...

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 translator were previously longlisted for the novel The Traitors Niche for the Man Booker International prize in 2017.

So far, John Hodgson has translated seven novels by Ismail Kadare.

John Hodgson’s origins are in Tyneside. He studied English at the Universities of Cambridge and ...

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 Literature, poet and literary critic. He holds a doctorate in English from the University of Texas at Austin and is a professor at Montclair State University. His translation of Clarice Lispector's A Breath of Life (New Directions) was a finalist for the Best Translated Bo...

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 originally from Tenerife and have lived in the UK for the last 19 years. He has a degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain), a postgraduate diploma in journalism from the London School of Journalism and an MA in Literary Translat...

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 was awarded the Premio Valle-Inclán for her translation of Wars of the Interior by Joseph Zárate, her translation of Brickmakers by Selva Almada was shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, and her translation of Not a River, also by Selva Almada, is curre...

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 include Glowrushes by Roberto Piumini, who has been nominated three times for the Hans Christian Andersen Award; Her other notable translations are -The Women at Hitler’s Table by Rosella Postorino, winner of the 2018 Campiello Prize; and Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo, which wa...

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 and their experience of translating the book.

Sora Kim-Russell has translated works by Pyun Hye-young, Kim Un-su, Hwang Sok-yong, and Bae Suah, among others. Her translation of Pyun Hye-young’s The Hole won the 2017 Shirley Jackson Award for best novel. Her translation of At D...

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 include works by Montale, Dell’Oro, Pontiggia, Lucarelli, Spaziani, Saviano, and Pope Francis. Shorter translations have appeared in a number of literary reviews including The New England Review, Exchanges, the Massachusetts Review, the Southern Humanities Review, and The Literar...

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 Booker Prize - 2024.
Webster has translated many short stories and essays for publication in anthologies and online media and, in September 2018, took part in the Emerging Translator Mentorship Programme organised by the National Centre for Writing, where she was mentored by Anton...

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 for Words Without Borders, Asymptote, and The Riveter. He has translated Manuel Rivas' The Last Days of Terranova for Archipelago Books, and Berta Dávila's The Dear Ones for 3TimesRebel.

He spoke about Experience of being a book seller and translator, Author Manuel Rivas, Tra...

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 2023 was shortlisted for The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation and the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation and longlisted for The Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing.

She is a judge for the Palestine Book Awards and the Armory Square Prize for So...

(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 Translation

(12:48) The Art of Translation: Balancing Meaning and Music

(15:54) Engaging with Authors: Building Trust and Understanding

(18:05) The Role of Editing in Translation

(23:03) Reading for Pleasure vs. Translation

(23:58) Evaluating Translation: A Complex P...

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, Russian, and Georgian. She is currently pursuing a PhD and teaching at the University of East Anglia and serves as a member of the BCLT Research Group. Her research, focusing dialect translation, is funded by CHASE Arts and Humanities Research Council. She is the winner o...