The Romanovs, Lenin, Gagarin – they all had their cooks. Holodomor, Leningrad, Chernobyl, Afghanistan – sometimes there is nothing (safe) to cook at all. For some people, like the Tatars, cooking is all you have left of home. Others, like…
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Russia: knife, fork, and ladle
Tagged with: Antonia Lloyd-Jones, books, How to Feed a Dictator, Polish, Rosja od Kuchni, Russia, Translation, Witold Szabłowski
Posted in books, translation
Posted in books, translation
The world through your letterbox: PEN World Bookshelf
English PEN has just announced more support for independent publishers to publish works in translation, which is great news since the independents are the ones producing the really interesting stuff. Their world bookshelf of contemporary writers in supported by the PEN…
Tagged with: Anna Politkovskaya, Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Arch Tait, Finnish, German, Jenny Erpenbeck, Johanna Sinisalo, Literature, Lola Rogers, PEN Translates, Polish, Rosa Liksom, Russian, Sarah Bernofsky, Translation, Witold Szabłowski, World Bookshelf
Posted in literature, translation
Posted in literature, translation
European literature night 2014: words, pictures, and wheels
With a mission to bring new books from around the continent to the people, tonight is the sixth European literature night. In co-operation with 28 European National Institutes for Culture, the Czech organisers have brought the event to 24 cities this…
Tagged with: Belgian, bike, British Library, Czech, Europe, European Literature Night, Finnish, German, graphic novels, Iceland, Illustration, Judith Vanistendael, Kaisa Leka, Line Hoven, Literature, Lucie Lomova, Max, Polish, Spanish, Translation, Witold Szabłowski
Posted in European Literature Night, Illustration, international, literature, translation
Posted in European Literature Night, Illustration, international, literature, translation
new year, new translation: the assassin from apricot city
What does the rest of the world look like in the eyes of the rest of the world? That’s something we can never know. But good journalism in good translation can help. It’s not a good idea to have a…
Tagged with: Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Journalism, New Year, Polish, Ryszard Kapuściński, Turkey, Witold Szabłowski
Posted in international, language, translation
Posted in international, language, translation
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