Sam Bett details the creativity involved in the translation process and how he’s never made it past the first page of Don Quixote.
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Kawakami talks about the significance of her longlisted work being translated into English.
David Boyd on his adoration for Japanese literature and how music became a common language when translating Heaven.
Fernanda Melchor reveals how the fragility of Mexican society inspired her novel Paradais.
Hughes reveals challenges she faces in the art of translation and tells us how reading J.M. Coetzee changed her life.
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Discover the shortlist: Frances Riddle, ‘Literary translation felt impossibly out of reach’
Frances Riddle tells us about the path that led her to Spanish translation in Buenos Aires.
The globally bestselling author and scriptwriter discusses the inspiration behind the unlikely protagonist at the heart of her novel Elena Knows.
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Discover the longlist: David Grossman, ‘I wanted to write a book that quivers on the shelf’
The author reveals how a terrifying experience on a remote Norwegian archipelago informed his longlisted work.
Read our interviews with the longlistees of 2022’s International Booker Prize
International Booker Prize Chair Calls for a Share in Profits for Translators