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Beyond the Russian Classics: Marian Schwartz

Center for the Art of Translation 582 Market St. Suite 700, San Francisco, CA, United States

Not all translated Russian literature is a difficult 800-page tome from the 19th century. Marian Schwartz joins us to talk about translating contemporary Russian literature and her latest translation of Leonid Yuzefovich’s Horsemen of the Sands. Horsemen of the Sands contains two novellas: The Storm, which takes place in a Soviet elementary school, and Horsemen of the Sands, a mystical tale […]

In Praise of Defeat Release Celebration

Center for the Art of Translation 582 Market St. Suite 700, San Francisco, CA, United States

Join us at the Center for the Art of Translation in San Francisco for a special Two Voices Salon to celebrate the release of prize-winning Moroccan poet Abdellatif Laâbi's latest book, In Praise of Defeat, translated from the French by Donald Nicholson-Smith. Donald Nicholson-Smith and Archipelago Books Editor-in-Chief Jill Schoolman will be Skyping in from […]

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