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All articles filed in South America

UncategorizedJanuary 19, 2015

'They were taken alive, alive we want them returned!'

Writers and PEN members all over the world have been supporting the struggle of the parents of the disappeared Mexican students to discover the truth about their children. On 30  November, on my way to the Feria Internacional del Libro [FIL], I attended a press conference in Mexico City.  Speakers included relatives of the 6…

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UncategorizedJanuary 19, 2015

‘They were taken alive, alive we want them returned!’

Writers and PEN members all over the world have been supporting the struggle of the parents of the disappeared Mexican students to discover the truth about their children. On 30  November, on my way to the Feria Internacional del Libro [FIL], I attended a press conference in Mexico City.  Speakers included relatives of the 6…

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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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UncategorizedAugust 22, 2014

Identity and durability

Paulo Scott writes for PEN Atlas about the need for Brazilian authors to move away from stories about ‘white guys, living in the big urban centres’, and how a vain desire for durability has stunted the literature of his country

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archiveAugust 7, 2014

Spelling out FLIP

Sophie Lewis writes for PEN Atlas about the once sleepy and secluded town of Paraty, Brazil, now home to one of the continent’s best and most varied literary festivals

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archiveJuly 24, 2014

Writing, recreating, surviving

Tomás González writes for PEN Atlas about the act of literary creation, the qualms over writing about family tragedy, and how one shocking night on a beach in Colombia changed his life

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archiveApril 22, 2014

To start all over again

Santiago Gamboa writes a special PEN Atlas dispatch this week to commemorate Gabriel García Márquez, the way that he changed literature, and the deep love for his books from everyday readers to presidents

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archiveJanuary 9, 2014

Publishers’ highlights in 2014: part 1

This week PEN Atlas asks UK publishers about the translated books they are excited about publishing in 2014 – an intriguing list of books to look forward to this year, so clear your bookshelves! Publishers include Pushkin Press, Peirene, Doubleday, Istros Books and more…

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archiveJanuary 9, 2014

Publishers' highlights in 2014: part 1

This week PEN Atlas asks UK publishers about the translated books they are excited about publishing in 2014 – an intriguing list of books to look forward to this year, so clear your bookshelves! Publishers include Pushkin Press, Peirene, Doubleday, Istros Books and more…

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archiveJune 20, 2013

The present of the past of things

Patricio Pron writes a moving piece for PEN Atlas, about an encounter in a small German city that made him reflect on collective guilt, individual responsibility and the nature of the past, both for a person and a country

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archiveJanuary 31, 2013

PEN Atlas Q&A – Alejandro Zambra, author of Ways of Going Home

PEN Atlas editor Tasja Dorkofikis talks to Alejandro Zambra about his new novel, the responsibility of memory and the nation of Chile being in a period of convalescence

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archiveJanuary 31, 2013

PEN Atlas Q&A – Alejandro Zambra, author of Ways of Going Home

PEN Atlas editor Tasja Dorkofikis talks to Alejandro Zambra about his new novel, the responsibility of memory and the nation of Chile being in a period of convalescence

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archiveNovember 29, 2012

PEN 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

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archiveNovember 29, 2012

PEN 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

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archiveNovember 22, 2012

Of 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

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