This week PEN Atlas asks UK publishers about the translated books they are excited about publishing in 2013
Read MorePublishers' highlights for 2013
This week PEN Atlas asks UK publishers about the translated books they are excited about publishing in 2013
Read MoreHigh Impact from the Low Countries
We begin PEN Atlas in 2013 with Michele Hutchison, who reports on the ‘High Impact’ tour that will bring Dutch authors to the UK later this month
Read MorePEN Atlas – One Year On
PEN Atlas editor Tasja Dorkofikis looks back at a year of dispatches from around the world, and looks forward to more cutting-edge literature, essays and articles in translation in 2013
Read MoreYule love these books in translation
Writers, scouts, literary festival directors, translators & publishers recommend great literature in translation
Read MorePEN Atlas Q&A – Hassan Blasim, author of The Iraqi Christ
PEN Atlas editor Tasja Dorkofikis interviews Hassan Blasim about his new collection of short stories, The Iraqi Christ, winner of a 2012 Writers in Translation award; his experience of censorship; and the importance of films for his work
Read MorePEN Atlas Q&A – Hassan Blasim, author of The Iraqi Christ
PEN Atlas editor Tasja Dorkofikis interviews Hassan Blasim about his new collection of short stories, The Iraqi Christ, winner of a 2012 Writers in Translation award; his experience of censorship; and the importance of films for his work
Read MorePEN Atlas Q&A – Juan Gabriel Vásquez, author of The Sound of Things Falling
PEN Atlas editor Tasja Dorkofikis talks to critically acclaimed writer Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Read MorePEN Atlas Q&A – Juan Gabriel Vásquez, author of The Sound of Things Falling
PEN Atlas editor Tasja Dorkofikis talks to critically acclaimed writer Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Read MoreOf Poets and Aviators: Tagore, Neruda, Césaire
Colombian author Santiago Gamboa writes for PEN Atlas, telling the amazing story of his poet friend and what he was asked to do one day in his job as an air traffic controller
Read MoreWalking the Tightrope: Globalisation and Localism
Michele Hutchison explores the globalisation debate for PEN Atlas, whether authors consciously write for an international market and what that means for authenticity
Read MoreThe Wizard and the Ghetto
PEN Atlas explores the story of a Polish hero, Janusz Korczak, the children’s author who ran an orphanage in the Warsaw ghetto
Read MoreDay of the Dead 2012
To celebrate Day of the Dead, starting today in Mexico and throughout the world, PEN Atlas reports on the history of the festival, the poetry it has inspired, and its ongoing political relevance
Read MoreFiction Uncovered writers and their favourite books in translation
Fiction Uncovered, is the annual promotion that celebrates the best of contemporary British fiction by selecting eight contemporary writers and promoting their books through its website, promotions in bookshops, author events, and its pop-up radio station, Fiction Uncovered FM. The PEN Atlas asked the selected writers to choose their favourite books in translation.
Read MoreLiterary festivals: playground or construction site?
This week’s PEN Atlas piece reports from the Tanpınar literary festival in Turkey. Journalist Ece Temelkuran gives her personal response to this year’s festival
Read MorePEN Atlas recommends: ITD2012 speakers on their favourite translated books
To celebrate the annual International Translation Day symposium, taking place tomorrow at King’s Place, London, Tasja Dorkofikis asks speakers to recommend their favourite writers in translation
Read MorePEN Atlas – Editor’s Round Up
In the first of a monthly series, PEN Atlas editor Tasja Dorkofikis rounds up some of the highlights so far, and suggests some great further reading for our literary travellers
Read MorePEN Atlas – Editor's Round Up
In the first of a monthly series, PEN Atlas editor Tasja Dorkofikis rounds up some of the highlights so far, and suggests some great further reading for our literary travellers
Read MoreArtur Domoslawski, autor książki Ryszard Kapuścinski; Non-Fiction, rozmawia z redaktorką PEN Atlas, Tasją Dorkofikis
Spotkania z Arturem Domoslawskim zorganizowane są w Wielkiej Brytanii miedzy 19-26 września.
Read MorePEN Atlas Q&A – Artur Domosławski, author of Ryszard Kapuściński: A Life
PEN Atlas editor Tasja Dorkofikis talks to Artur Domosławski, author of the controversial and popular biography Ryszard Kapuściński: A Life.
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