Don Bartlett, Melanie Mauthner, and others on the art of translation
Don Bartlett, translator of the My Struggle series, discusses the "tension between being true to the original [work] and being readable," Melanie Mauthner divulges how she translates Scholastique Mukasonga, and others dive into the artistry behind translating a piece of foreign
Translating Knausgaard: An Interview with Don Bartlett
Meet Karl Ove Knausgaard's translator Don Bartlett, interviewed by Scott Esposito for The Paris Review. When did you first encounter My Struggle? I went to a panel discussion in London with three Norwegian writers, led by someone I knew was clued up on Norwegian literature.
My Struggle: Book Two nominated for the 2015 International Dublin Literary Award
We are proud to announce that Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle: Book Two - A Man in Love, translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett, is nominated for the 2015 International Impac Dublin Literary Award! "Book 2 of the six-volume literary masterwork My Struggle flows with
Don Bartlett among winners of the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ 2014 awards
Congratulations to Archipelago Books translator, Don Bartlett, whose name was announced last week as one of the recipients of the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ 2014 awards. Don Bartlett is the translator extraordinaire of the infamous My Struggle series The Arts