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‘In Case of Emergency’ – Mariam Rahmani (Farsi)
In the ongoing series of conversations we are having with Translators from Across the world, Today, we are talking to Dr Mariam Rahmani writer and Translator about her first book-length translation of the contemporary Iranian cult hit novel ‘In Case of Emergency ‘ by Mahsa Mohebali, written originally in Farsi. It was named the Best…
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‘Chronicles of Village’ – Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng (Vietnamese)
Quyen Nguyen-Hoang is a writer, translator and art curator born in Vietnam. Her poems and translations have appeared in Poetry Magazine, Jacket 2, the Margins, and various literary anthologies. She is a Stanford University graduate, a 2020 PEN/Heim Translation grant recipient and a winner of the Winter/Spring 2022 Gabo Prize for Literature in Translation. She…
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Conversation with Anurag Basnet (Translation-Nepali)
In this episode, Anurag Basnet speaks about his stint in the publishing industry, his love for translations and his much-lauded work ‘ Fruits of the Barren Tree’, which is translated from the award-winning Nepali novel ‘Phoolange’ written by author Lekhnath Chetri. ‘Fruits of the Barren Tree’ depicts the plight of an ordinary man caught in…
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Ann Goldstein in Harshaneeyam (Translator-Italian)
Ann Goldstein has been an editor and the head of copy desk at New Yorker Magazine. She worked for the magazine for over 40 years. She has translated works of Famous Italian Writers like Elena Ferrante and Paolo Pasolini. She is the editor of The Complete Works of Primo Levi in English. She has received…
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Conversation with Uilleam Blacker (Translator – Ukranian)
In the ongoing series of Conversations we are having with reputed translators from across the world – we have with us today Dr.Uilleam Blacker, who is an Associate Professor of Ukrainian and East European Culture at University College London. He is the author of Memory, the City and the Legacy of World War II, in…
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Daniel Hahn in Harshaneeyam (Translator-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 writer, editor, and translator with around a hundred books to his credit. His work includes translations from Europe, Africa, and the…
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In conversation with Prabda Yoon (Translator-Thai)
Prabda Yoon is an Artist, Filmmaker, writer, publisher and translator. He Lives in Bangkok, Thailand.After studying Graphic Design and visual communication in the US, he embarked on a prolific career, authoring a remarkable collection of twenty fiction books, encompassing both short stories and novels.As a designer, Yoon designed over 100 book covers, lending his creative…
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Creative Writing : Fluid Identity – A conversation with Dr.Hamid Ismailov (Translator-Uzbek)
Born in 1954 in Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan, Dr. Hamid Ismailov is a Uzbek journalist and writer. He was forced to leave Uzbekistan in 1992 due to what the state dubbed ‘unacceptable democratic tendencies’. He came to the United Kingdom, where he took a job with the BBC World Service, where he worked for 25 years. In…
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Conversation with Daisy Rockwell (Translator-Hindi)
Daisy Rockwell is a translator and an artist. She has translated many classic works of Hindi and Urdu literature, including Upendranath Ashk‘s Falling Walls, Bhisham Sahni‘s Tamas, and Khadija Mastur‘s The Women’s Courtyard. Her 2021 translation of Geetanjali Shree‘s Tomb of Sand was the first South Asian book to win the International Booker Prize. Rockwell was awarded the 2023 Vani Foundation Distinguished Translator Award by…
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Literary Journey of Ministhy S Nair – A conversation (Translator-Malayalam)
In this episode, Ms.Ministhy S. Nair, an IAS officer Of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, spoke about her literary journey, translations, and about the experience of translating works of Malayalam writer VJ James. She translates between four languages: English, Malayalam, Hindi and Avadhi. Her translation of The Poison of Love by Malayalam novelist K.R. Meera was longlisted for…
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‘Stories of the True’ with Priyamvada Ramkumar (Translator-Tamil)
Priyamvada is an impact investor and literary translator based in Chennai, India. Her first book-length translation, ‘Stories of the True‘, a translation of Tamil writer B. Jeyamohan’s short story collection ‘Aram’, was selected under the South Asia Speaks mentorship program for 2021, where Arunava Sinha mentored her.
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In conversation with Aniruddhan Vasudevan – (Translator-Tamil)
Aniruddhan Vasudevan is a sociocultural anthropologist who writes and translates between Tamil and English. Vasudevan holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin and now teaches at Princeton University, New Jersey. His translations include One Part Woman, A Lonely Harvest, and Trial by Silence by Perumal Murugan, and A Night with a Black Spider by Ambai. His…
