Samuel Martin examines Antonio Tabucchi’s French connections and savors two new books of dialogues between Tabucchi and his translators to mark the ten years since his death.
Dirty Shirts & Bottle Tops
Being Me Being You
Carolina Iribarren and Jhumpa Lahiri discuss Lahiri’s «Translating Myself & Others» and examine the intimacy, responsibility, and politics that infuse the art of translation.
“Occupation: Composer and Writer”: A Translator As Well
This introduction to the century-spanning career of composer and writer Ernst Krenek culminates in a discussion of his self-translation of «The Three Overcoats of Anton K.»
Remaking Ourselves in Translation
Trask Roberts explores the complex intersection of self-translation and autobiography, focusing in particular on what might be called the many lives of the writer Romain Gary.
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