Please join us for a discussion of An Untouched House, Willem Frederik Hermans’ "slim but potent war story​" (Kirkus Reviews, starred). This event features translator David Colmer in conversation with Dutch author Philip Huff. David Colmer is a writer and translator. He translates Dutch literature in a wide range of genres including literary fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and poetry. […]

Writer and professor Jonathan Brent is joined by translator Marian Schwartz to discuss her new translation of Leonid Yuzefovich's Horsemen of the Sands from the Russian. Marian Schwartz has translated over sixty volumes of Russian classic and contemporary fiction, history, biography, criticism, and fine art.

Join us at 192 Books for a celebration of Christos Ikonomou's Good Will Come From the Sea. Translator Karen Emmerich will discuss her deft translation of this burning, empathetic collection with Sophia Efthimiatou, Associate Director of the Onassis Foundation. Come for warm company, a rousing discussion of this unforgettable book and the craft of translation, and […]

On October 13, 2020 at 6 PM EST, 192 Books and Paula Cooper Studios are hosting a virtual conversation between Elias Khoury and Robyn Creswell. They will discuss the current situation in Beirut, and also speak about Khoury's most recent translated work of fiction, Children of the Ghetto: My Name is Adam (translated from the […]