Iraqi-Dutch novelist speaks to us about writing the asylum process, language and the value of humour.
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Imagining the past – a few notes on the art of the historical novel
Otto 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 MoreWhat’s authentic about global literature?
Michele 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 MoreWhat's authentic about global literature?
Michele 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 Q&A – Gerbrand Bakker, author of The Detour
PEN Atlas Editor, Tasja Dorkofikis talks to Gerbrand Bakker about his novel, The Detour, Wales, and translating Emily Dickinson
Read MorePEN Atlas Q&A – Gerbrand Bakker, author of The Detour
PEN Atlas Editor, Tasja Dorkofikis talks to Gerbrand Bakker about his novel, The Detour, Wales, and translating Emily Dickinson
Read MoreGhentish Talent – Graphic Novels from Flanders
Michele 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 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 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 MoreEntertainment for the Middle Classes? – The success of Herman Koch
Over 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 MoreHow international is poetry?
When 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 MoreGreat Flemish Voices: Louis Paul Boon and Beyond
In this week’s PEN Atlas despatch editor and translator Michele Hutchinson introduces some of the greatest Flemish writers…
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