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Discover the shortlist: Jennifer Croft, ‘Translation is an apprenticeship in creative writing’
Awarded the 2018 Booker International Prize for Flights, Croft tells us what draws her to the art of translation.
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Awarded the 2018 Booker International Prize for Flights, Croft tells us what draws her to the art of translation.
The author tells us why this is a landmark moment for Brazilian and Portuguese literature.
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Hahn discusses the complexities of translation for his longlisted novel, Phenotypes.
He tells us how translation makes meaningful connections across languages possible and about the LGBTQ+ community that inspired him to write his novel.
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She discusses the challenges she faced working on her translation during the pandemic and being a champion of Indonesian literature.
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The author of Love in the Big City, which was longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2022, talks about his childhood fascination with detective fiction and how his parents, friends and past loves inspired his novel
The translator reveals the far-reaching impact A.S. Byatt’s work has on his life and how a misspelling in Spot left him feeling scandalised as a child.
She discusses how she uses the fantastical to address the horrors and cruelties of patriarchy and capitalism in modern society.
Geetanjali Shree tells us the importance of a global worldview in literature.
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Daisy Rockwell details the rich and diverse world of South Asian literature and the liberation she feels while experimenting with language.