Conversations on contemporary literature from across the world, in translation.

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Feb. 3, 2024

'తెలుగు కలెక్టివ్' ఆదిత్య అన్నావఝ్ఝల - సమకాలీన సాహిత్యాన్ని యువతరానికి చేర్చటం గురించి!

సమకాలీన తెలుగు సాహిత్యాన్నీ పాఠకులకు దగ్గరగా తీసుకరావాలని ఆదిత్య ఆదిత్య అన్నావఝ్ఝల అనే యువకుడు 2020 లో మొదలు పెట్టిన ప్రయత్నం ‘తెలుగు కలెక్టివ్’. ఇంస్టాగ్రామ్ ద్వారా కొత్త పుస్తకాల గురించి పరిచయం చేసే తెలుగు కలెక్టివ్ కి ఈ ర...

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Feb. 3, 2024

కథ: 'సన్నటి నూలు పోగు' - సుప్రసిద్ధ తమిళ రచయిత జెయమోహన్ ('మెల్లియనూల్')

ఈ కథకు తమిళ మూలం - రచయిత జెయమోహన్ రాసిన మెల్లియ నూల్ అనే కథ. ఈ కథ కేరళలోని అయ్యంకాళి అనే గొప్ప దళితనాయకుడి విమోచనం గురించి చెప్తుంది. 1863లో వెంగనూరు గ్రామంలో జన్మించిన ఆయన నిరక్షరాస్యుడు. నారాయణగురు ద్వారా ప్రభావితుడై అంటరాన...

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Jan. 25, 2024

'Keep at It' - Naveen Kishore : Seagull Books

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...

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Jan. 22, 2024

Writer, Translator Jegadeesh Kumar on Translating 'A Fine Thread and other stories' and 'The Writer Jeyamohan'

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...

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Jan. 21, 2024

'అలా నచ్చుతుంది' - చంద్ర కన్నెగంటి గారి రచన

'అలా నచ్చుతుంది' అనే కథ చంద్ర కన్నెగంటి గారు రాసింది, స్వాతి పంతుల గారు గాత్రపరిచారు. ఈ కథ నవంబర్ నెల ఈమాట వెబ్ మ్యాగజైన్ లో ప్రచురించారు. చంద్ర కన్నెగంటి తెలుగులో మనకున్న విలక్షణమైన రచయితల్లో ఒకరు. మూడో ముద్రణ, వాన వెలిసిన ...

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Jan. 19, 2024

Hassan Kassim on his journey into Literary Translation (Kiswahili)

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 ...

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Jan. 13, 2024

Kaija Stramaunis on her journey with Latvian and 'Open Letter Books' (Latvian)

In this episode Kaija Straumanis who wears multiple hats as an artist, translator, and editor, discusses her father's profound influence on her, significance of Latvian Language in her life, her experience with the Dalkey A...

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Jan. 13, 2024

Yarri Kamara on 'So Distant from my life' ( French - Burkina Faso)

Yarri Kamara is a Sierra Leonean-Ugandan translator, writer and policy researcher. She recently relocated to Milan, Italy after having lived in Burkina Faso for almost two decades. After years of translating academic and tech...

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Jan. 5, 2024

Tina Kover on 'Translators aloud' & 'The Postcard'

In this Episode Tina Kover spoke about the intiative 'Translators Aloud' and about the French Novel she translated 'Postcard' in detail. Tina Kover is the translator of over thirty books from French, including Anne Berest’s T...

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Jan. 4, 2024

Kari Dickson on Tradition of Children's fiction in Norway & the Author Rune Christiansen (Norwegian)

In this episode Kari Dickson Speaks about Children fiction from Norway, Authors Erika Fatland, Rune Christiansen and about the novel she translated so beautifully 'The Loneliness in Lydia Erneman's life'. Kari Dickson is an a...

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Jan. 2, 2024

Michele Hutchison on 'We are light' (Dutch)

In this episode, International Booker award winning translator Michele Hutchison talks about the craft of translation, her work and her translation of 'We are Light'. We Are Light is an exquisitely translated novel in whic...

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Dec. 29, 2023

Tess Lewis on Translation, Micro-fiction and books on translation ( Swiss-German)

In this Episode , Tess Lewis spoke about Translating Micro fiction, her marathon project 'Notes', Seagull books, and some really useful books on the art of translation. You can find the recommended list of books compiled by h...

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Dec. 29, 2023

Larissa Kyzer on Iceland, literary culture and translations (Icelandic)

In this episode, Translator from Icelandic to English, larissa Kyzer talks about her translations, Icelandic literature, Special relation Icelanders have with Volcanoes and the book 'The Fires'. you can find the link to buy t...

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Dec. 29, 2023

Lola Rogers on Translations from Finland and 'The Colonel's wife' (Finnish)

Lola Rogers translates novels, short stories, poems, comics, and children literature from Finnish into English. Her most recent translation is the internationally acclaimed novel Summer Fishing in Lapland (U.S. Title Fishing ...

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Dec. 27, 2023

Peter Constantine : Multilingual Translator and Author

In this Episode, Peter Constantine, Speaks about his journey into World of languages, his translation work in multiple languages and his novel 'Purchased Bride'. Set in Turkey in the final years of the Ottoman Empire, The Pur...

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Dec. 25, 2023

Damion Searls in Harshaneeyam (German & Norwegian)

Damion Searls is a translator from German, Norwegian, French, and Dutch, and a writer in English. He has translated about sixty books, including ten by this year's Nobel Prize winner, Jon Fosse, and won numerous translation a...

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Dec. 23, 2023

హర్షణీయంలో పి.సత్యవతి గారు

పి.సత్యవతి 1940 జూలైలో గుంటూరు జిల్లా , కొలకలూరులో జన్మించారు. ఆంగ్ల సాహిత్యంలో పట్టభద్రులు. ఆంగ్ల అధ్యాపకురాలుగా వృత్తిని చేపట్టి పదవీ విరమణ చేశారు. ప్రత్యేకంగా కథాప్రక్రియలో కృషి చేశారు. చాసో స్ఫూర్తి అవార్డును, సాహిత్య...

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Dec. 21, 2023

'To Hell with Poets' - Mirgul Kali (Kazakh)

Mirgul Kali translates from her native Kazakh. Her translations of short stories by classic and contemporary Kazakh writers appeared in Tupelo Quarterly, Electric Literature, Exchanges, The Massachusetts Review, Gulf Coast , ...

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Dec. 21, 2023

Translating Drama, Vivian, Companions - Paul Russell Garett (Danish)

In this episode, literary translator Paul Russell Garrett talks about his experience translating plays and books from Danish. He discusses his interest in drama, and how he fell in love with the Danish language. Paul also thr...

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Dec. 17, 2023

పతంజలి శాస్త్రి గారి - 'యువరానర్'

పతంజలి శాస్త్రి గారు రాసిన 'యువరానర్' అనే ఈ కథ, జనవరిలో ఛాయా పబ్లికేషన్స్ ద్వారా వస్తోన్న '1+2=0 కథాసంపుటం లోనిది. * For your Valuable feedback on this Episode - Please click the below link https://bit.ly/epfedbck Harshaneeya...

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Dec. 14, 2023

Life in Translation - Antonia Lloyd Jones (Polish)

Antonia Lloyd-Jones has translated works by many of Poland’s leading contemporary novelists and reportage authors, as well as crime fiction, poetry and children’s books. Her translation of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of th...

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Dec. 10, 2023

'People who talk to Stuffed animals are nice' - Emily Balistreiri (Japanese)

Emily Balistrieri is an American translator based in Japan. Emily translates Literary fiction, Japanese Manga novels and provides subtitles for animation films. His Published translations include Tomihiko Morimi's The Tatami ...

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Dec. 9, 2023

Damion Searls on Jon Fosse

How far do you go to translate the work that you seriously loved? In the case of Jon Fosse, the Norwegian author, the extraordinaire Damion Searls - learnt Norwegian to bring Fosse to the anglophone world. Here is Damion Sea...

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Dec. 1, 2023

Conversation with Mike Fu (Mandarin - Chinese / Taiwanese)

(00:06) Introduction to Mike Fu and His Translation Journey (01:06) Welcoming Mike Fu to the Podcast (01:19) Exploring the Life and Works of Taiwanese Writer, Sanmao (03:23) Introduction to the Book, Stories of Sahara (06:18)...

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