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archiveOctober 26, 2017May 15, 2018

Lampedusa: Gateway to Europe

We must welcome those who run away from hunger and war. Lampedusa’s people did it and sent a message to Europe. And Europe has to hear this message.

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archiveJuly 28, 2016

Telling Europe’s stories

The creative producer for the European Literature Festival shares his highlights of 2016, and considers the importance of European stories in Britain after Brexit.

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archiveJuly 21, 2016

In praise of longhand

The Polish–English literary translator reflects on the UK’s EU membership referendum – its tone and its aftermath – and considers the role of literary translators in this brave new world.

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archiveJune 23, 2016

The great replacement

On the day of #EURef in the UK, award-winning French-Algerian author Faïza Guène highlights the importance of citizen journalism in imagining and understanding Europe.

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archiveJune 16, 2016

Am I a European writer?

As PEN Atlas considers the theme of Europe ahead of the UK’s EU membership referendum on 23 June, novelist and essayist Janne Teller reflects on her multiple identities as a writer.

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archiveFebruary 18, 2016

Letter to Britain

As the UK considers its place in the European Union ahead of a likely referendum in June, the German author sends a personal message.

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archiveAugust 20, 2015

The European Mohammed and the Ignorance of the Educated

The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize-winning author of The Iraqi Christ responds to the European refugee crisis.

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archiveMay 21, 2015

Lost and Found: Shortlisting for the European Literature Night Translation Pitch 2015

How does the future look for European fiction? Rajendra Chitnis and Rosalind Harvey discuss their experiences of shortlisting for this year’s ELN Translation Pitch event

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UncategorizedFebruary 12, 2015

The Red Terror and Maximilian Voloshin

Robert Chandler writes about one of the hidden gems in The Penguin Book of Russian Poetry

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archiveJanuary 29, 2015

You speak such good German

Alina Bronsky, Russian-born but writing in German, charts the challenges and opportunities faced by the multilingual author

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UncategorizedJanuary 15, 2015

Publishers' translation highlights 2015

Halt your book purchases: PEN Atlas has everything you need

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UncategorizedJanuary 15, 2015

Publishers’ translation highlights 2015

Halt your book purchases: PEN Atlas has everything you need

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UncategorizedDecember 11, 2014

Yule love these books in translation 2014

Roasting chestnuts on an open fire, taking the first whiff of mulled wine, and cracking open a great work of literature in translation: find your stocking-filler or winter-cheerer with these recommendations

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UncategorizedDecember 4, 2014

Memory and Responsibility

Having won the 2014 Jan Michalski Prize for Road to Donbass, Serhiy Zhadan writes for PEN Atlas

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UncategorizedNovember 28, 2014

But why do you write your books in English and Turkish?

Elif Shafak investigates what makes the bilingual author choose to write in one language and not another

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archiveNovember 13, 2014

PEN Atlas Q&A: Helle Helle, author of ‘This Should Be Written in the Present Tense’

Helle Helle is one of Denmark’s most widely read writers. In This Should Be Written in the Present Tense, her first novel translated into English, she writes about a young woman, Dorte Hansen

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archiveNovember 13, 2014

PEN Atlas Q&A: Helle Helle, author of 'This Should Be Written in the Present Tense'

Helle Helle is one of Denmark’s most widely read writers. In This Should Be Written in the Present Tense, her first novel translated into English, she writes about a young woman, Dorte Hansen

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archiveSeptember 25, 2014

PEN Atlas Q&A: Arno Camenisch, author of The Alp

Tasja Dorkofikis interviews Arno Camenish about his bilingual novel,

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archiveSeptember 25, 2014

PEN Atlas Q&A: Arno Camenisch, author of The Alp

Tasja Dorkofikis interviews Arno Camenish about his bilingual novel,

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archiveSeptember 18, 2014

The Weight of Language

Elena Ferrante writes for PEN Atlas about the impact of reading Madame Bovary

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