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Daniel Hahn

May 11, 2026

Daniel Hahn on 'If this be Magic - The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation'

Daniel's new book, If This Be Magic: The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation, is part love letter, part close reading, and part globe-trotting investigation — one that took him from Budapest theatre seats to Zoom calls with translators working in everything from Swahili to Bangla. It's a book that asks: when you change everything, can you still keep everything?

published in April 2026 - If This Be Magic: The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation by Daniel Hahn i…

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Sept. 4, 2023

Daniel Hahn in Harshaneeyam (Portugese)

Today, Award-winning Translator and editor Daniel Hahn is talking about his approach to translations, Evaluating a work of translation and his translation of the Portuguese novel 'Resistance' by Julian Fuks. Daniel Hahn is a ...

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