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Written in the dark

Posted on 1 February 2017 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — Leave a comment

After the Siege of Leningrad, it has taken seven decades for these poems to be published. The blockade was horrific: at least 600,000 civilians had died by the time it was over on 27 January 1944. It’s no surprise the reality of…

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through different lenses: best translated book award 2014

Posted on 5 May 2014 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — 1 Comment

Seeing the same author through the (rose-tinted, mirrored, bi- or tri-focal?) lenses of different translators is a refreshing, if potentially disorienting, experience. This year’s Best Translated Book Award (BTBA) allows the reader to do just that. The interesting thing about this years’…

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