Iraqi-Dutch novelist speaks to us about writing the asylum process, language and the value of humour.
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Iraqi-Dutch novelist speaks to us about writing the asylum process, language and the value of humour.
Read MoreOtto de Kat writes for PEN Atlas about the risks and benefits of using history in the novel, a device that when used badly can lead to over-writing and when used well serves the novelist like a butler
Read MoreMichele Hutchison investigates what the future might hold for the 21st Century novel: provincial literature with a global reach, or the literature of the cosmopolitan flâneur?
Read MoreMichele Hutchison investigates what the future might hold for the 21st Century novel: provincial literature with a global reach, or the literature of the cosmopolitan flâneur?
Read MorePEN Atlas Editor, Tasja Dorkofikis talks to Gerbrand Bakker about his novel, The Detour, Wales, and translating Emily Dickinson
Read MorePEN Atlas Editor, Tasja Dorkofikis talks to Gerbrand Bakker about his novel, The Detour, Wales, and translating Emily Dickinson
Read MoreMichele Hutchison takes us on a far-ranging tour of the European comics scene, with a focus on the beautiful, moving and innovative graphic novels coming out of Belgium
Read MoreWe 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 MoreMichele Hutchison explores the globalisation debate for PEN Atlas, whether authors consciously write for an international market and what that means for authenticity
Read MoreOver a million copies sold, multiple translations, adapted for the stage – does Herman Koch’s The Dinner show a new way for Dutch literature? Michele Hutchison investigates for PEN Atlas
Read MoreWhen the projection fails during the Finnish poet Olli Heikkonen’s reading and the slides with parallel Dutch and English translations disappear from the stage, poetry suddenly doesn’t seem that international anymore.
Read MoreIn this week’s PEN Atlas despatch editor and translator Michele Hutchinson introduces some of the greatest Flemish writers…
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