Elizabeth Harris will read from her widely heralded translation of Antonio Tabucchi’s novel, Tristano Dies. An award-winning translator, Harris will discuss the pleasures and challenges of bringing an Italian master of the short story into English. Tabucchi (1943 – 2012) published […]
Please join us at BookCourt (163 Court Street) for a conversation between translator Liz Harris and acclaimed author Honor Moore about Harris's translation of Antonio Tabucchi's Tristano Dies: A Life. Elizabeth Harris has translated fiction by Italian authors […]
With her new book, Now and at the Hour of Our Death, Susana Moreira Marques blends poetry and journalism to create a work of reportage like no other. The region of Tras-os-Montes in Portugal is dying. The villages empty as […]
Join Pegasus Books for a discussion on translation publishing with Two Lines Press, a new local publisher committed to international works translated into English. Michael Holtmann (executive director of the Center for the Art of Translation), Jessica Sevey (Two Lines Press […]
A celebration of Liu Xia’s Empty Chairs: Selected Poems translated from the Chinese by Ming Di and Jennifer Stern. In collaboration with Graywolf Press this event will feature readings from Empty Chairs, along with a discussion of Liu Xia’s work and the translation process, as well as ongoing issues surrounding freedom […]
Wolfgang Hilbig was one of the major German writers to emerge in the postwar era. Though raised in East Germany, he proved so troublesome to the authorities that in 1985 he was granted permission to emigrate to the West. The […]
Please join us January 8th at BookPeople in Austin, where we'll be talking with other presses about independent publishing!
Please join us at Community Bookstore in Brooklyn at 7pm, for a conversation between celebrated Mexican poet Homero Aridjis and his daughter the novelist and translator Chloe Aridjis. They will speak about THE CHILD POET, a dream memoir written by Homero Aridjis which animates long-forgotten memories of his childhood that imminent fatherhood helped to uncover.
Join us at the King Juan Carlos Center at NYU for a conversation between celebrated Mexican poet Homero Aridjis and his daughter, novelist and translator Chloe Aridjis. They will speak about THE CHILD POET, a dream memoir written by Homero Aridjis, […]
Please join us at 192 Books for a conversation with celebrated Mexican poet and environmental activist Homero Aridjis and his daughter the novelist and translator Chloe Aridjis. Moderating will be Alberto Manguel, acclaimed anthologist, translator, essayist, novelist, and editor. They will speak […]