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Susan Bernofsky  is an American translator of  German-language literature  and author. She is best known for bringing the  Swiss  writer  Robert Walser  to the attention of the English-speaking world translating many of his books and writing his biography. She has also translated several books by  Jenny Erpenbeck  and  Yoko Tawada . Her prizes for...

The guest for this Episode is Carolin Duttlinger. She spoke about Kafka's allure, Kafka as a reader and Kafka Oxford Research Center. Carolin Duttlinger a Professor and tutor in German at Wadham College, Oxford. She teaches German literature, film and culture from the eighteenth century to the present, as well as translation. A particular focus of Carolin’s research is the writer Franz Kafka. She...

Today We have Benjamin Balint with us speaking about his book 'Kafka's Last Trail'. Kafka’s Last Trial  begins with Kafka’s last instruction to his closest friend, Max Brod: to destroy all his remaining papers upon his death. But when the moment arrived in 1924, Brod could not bring himself to burn the unpublished works of the man he considered a literary genius—even a saint. Instead, Brod de...

మధురాంతకం నరేంద్ర గారు తన రచనా వ్యాసంగాన్ని నలభై ఆరేళ్ళ క్రితం ప్రారంభించారు. వారిది సాహిత్య కుటుంబం. వారి తండ్రి గారు మధురాంతకం రాజారామ్ గారు , సోదరుడు మహేంద్ర గారు కూడా సుప్రసిద్ధ తెలుగు కథా రచయితలు. వృత్తిరీత్యా ఆంగ్ల అధ్యాపకులు. మన సమాజంలో, మన వ్యక్తిత్వాలలో వుండే వైచిత్రిని , అనేక రకాలైన సంఘర్షణలని అతి సుతారమైన తనదైన శైలిలో , అత్యంత సహజంగా చిత్రీకరించడమే ఆయన రచనలలో వుండే ప్రత్యేకత. ఒక సకారాకా...

The Guest for this Episode is Michelle Woods. She spoke about Analyzing translations, the 'Objective subjectivity' of translators, and different translations of Kafka over the years, and how each of these provided us with great insights into Kafka's work. Michelle Woods is a Professor of English at SUNY New Paltz. She is the authoer of  Kafka Translated: How Translators Have Shaped Our Readin...

In this Episode, Harshaneeyam Speaks to Writer Jeyamohan on the eve of his 'Aram' Stories getting translated into Telugu. The book is titled ‘Nemmi Neelam’ and translated by Bhaskar Avineni. Chaaya Resources is the Publisher. Bhaskar Avineni is an acclaimed translator from Tamil to Telugu and it is his second Publication. Aram Stories were translated into English as ‘Stories of the True’...

ఈ ఎపిసోడ్లో 2024 వ సంవత్సరానికి ఆటా (అమెరికన్ తెలుగు అసోసియేషన్) బహుమతి పొందిన "చెదరిన పాదముద్రలు" నవలపై రచయిత ఉణుదుర్తి సుధాకర్ గారితో ఏ కే ప్రభాకర్ గారి సంభాషణ మీరు వింటారు. రచయిత ఉణుదుర్తి సుధాకర్ గారి స్వస్థలం విశాఖపట్నం. సాహిత్య అభిలాషకు కారణం కుటుంబ వాతావరణం. స్కూలు చదువు శ్రీకాకుళం. ఉన్నత విద్య యూరోప్లో. వృత్తి రీత్యా మెరైన్ ఇంజనీర్. వీరి మొదటి నవల 'యారాడకొండ' కూడా ఆటా బహుమతిని పొందింది. తూ...

Kafka's Biography written in three parts in German by Reiner Stach is considered as one of the best Biographies published ever. Renowned translator Shelley Frisch rendered it into English with great dexterity and dedication. In this episode, she spoke about her affinity towards the translation of Biographies, Kafka's Allure, Challenges in translating Non-Fiction and how she handled this 3-part 180...

In this episode, Christopher Moseley talked about the state of the Estonian Language, Translations, his work on Minority and Endangered Languages and his Translation 'The Man Who Spoke Snakish' a Beautiful moving story of a boy who is tasked with preserving ancient traditions in the face of modernity written by Famous Estonian Author Andrus Kivirähk . Christopher Moseley  has been the Ge...

Today, we have Chad Post gracing Harshaneeyam. Chad W. Post is a powerhouse for promoting international literature. He leads Open Letter Books, publishing global voices. He is the managing editor of Three Percent, a blog and review site promoting literature in translation. He is home to the Translation Database (now housed at  Publishers Weekly ), the Best Translated Book Awards, and the&nbsp...

Today, We have Rawley Grau with us. Rawley Grau has translated numerous works from Slovenian, including novels by Dušan Šarotar, Mojca Kumerdej, Gabriela Babnik, Vlado Žabot, and Sebastijan Pregelj. Five of his translations were longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, and his translations of Šarotar’s  Panorama  and  Billiards at the Hotel Dobray  were shortlisted for the Oxf...

Today, we are privileged to host Ellen Elias-Bursac, an American Scholar and senior translator who has dedicated her career to the study and translation of South Slavic Languages. As the past president of the American Literary Translators Association ( ALTA), she has been a driving force in promoting Literary Translation. In this conversation, she shared her fascinating journey into Literature, he...

Our Guest for Today is Will Firth. Will Firth was born in 1965 in Newcastle, Australia. He studied German and Slavic languages in Canberra, Zagreb, and Moscow. He lives in Berlin and works as a translator of literature and the humanities (from Russian, Macedonian and all variants of Serbo-Croatian, aka “BCMS”). His best-received translations of recent years have been Faruk Šehić’s 'Quiet Flows the...

కవి, రచయిత, అనువాదకులు శ్రీనివాస గౌడ్ చీరాలలో జన్మించారు. ప్రస్తుతం హైదరాబాద్ లో నివాసం. నిఇప్పటిదాకా ఎనిమిది కవితా సంపుటాలు, ఒక అనువాదం, ఈ మధ్యనే 'మార్జినోళ్ళు' అనే కథల పుస్తకం తీసుకవచ్చారు. వీరి సంపాదకత్వంలో ప్రకాశం జిల్లా రచయితలు రాసిన కథలతో 'కథాప్రకాశం' అనే సంపుటం వెలువడింది. తన రచనలకు ఫ్రీవర్స్ ఫ్రంట్, గిడుగు కవితా పురస్కారం, ఇంకా అనేక అవార్డులను గెలుచుకున్నారు. ప్రత్యేక అవసరాలు గల పిల్లలకు ఉ...

  Our guest for this episode is Amaia Gabantxo. She spoke about Basque Language, Literature and Translations. Amaia is a writer, singer, and literary translator who specialises in Basque literature. She is the most prolific translator of Basque literature to date, as well as a pioneer in the field, and has received multiple awards for her work; among them, a Wingate Scholarship, the...

Our Guest for today, Hanna Komar, is an accomplished Belarusian poet and writer who has translated her work into English. She holds an MA in Creative Writing: Writing the City from the University of Westminster and is pursuing a PhD at the University of Brighton. Her research focuses on how poetry can empower Belarusian women to share their experiences of gender-based violence and patriarchy. Hann...

కిష్మిష్ జూన్ నెల 'ఈమాట' వెబ్ పత్రికలో ప్రచురించారు. https://eemaata.com/em/issues/202406/34506.html కాథొలిక్ చర్చి సంప్రదాయం ప్రకారం, ఈస్టర్ పండుగ వచ్చే ముందు నలభై రోజుల్ని ‘లెంటు మాసం’ పేరుతో పిలుస్తారు. ఈ సందర్భంగా చర్చిలో ఉత్సవాలు జరుగుతాయి. వ్రతం పాటించాలనుకునేవాళ్ళు ఉపవాసం చేస్తూ ప్రార్థనలు చేస్తారు. ఇళ్ళల్లో ప్రత్యేకమైన వంటలు చేస్తారు. ఈ కథ రష్యన్ రచయిత్రి టెఫీ, తాను ఎనిమిదేళ్ళ పాపగా ఉన్నప్...

Our guest for this Episode is the renowned Russian Translator Robert Chandler. He delves into the world of the celebrated Russian Writer Teffi, discussing his translation of the recently released short story compilation 'The Time was no More and Essential Stories and Memories' penned by Teffi. Robert first began learning Russian when he was 15. At 20, he spent a year as a British Council Exchange...

​​The guest for this Episode is Brian Robert Moore. He spoke about his stint in Italy as a publisher and Editor and his Translation of the beautiful Short story collection 'You-Bleeding Childhood' written by the great Italian Author Michele Mari. Brian Robert Moore is a literary translator originally from New York City. His published and forthcoming translations from Italian include Meeting in Pos...

Jessica Cohen is an independent translator born in England, raised in Israel, and living in Denver. She translates contemporary Hebrew prose and other creative work. In 2017, she shared the Man Booker International Prize with David Grossman for her translation of  A Horse Walks Into a Bar . She has also translated works by major Israeli writers including Amos Oz, Etgar Keret, Ronit Matal...

మూలం : మికేలి మరి ‘ఇటాలియన్’ లో రాసి, బ్రైన్ రాబర్ట్ మూర్ ఇంగ్లీష్ లోకి అనువదించిన ‘The Black Arrow’ ‘ఆ మధ్యాహ్నం, వసంత కాలపు ఆఖరిరోజుల్లో, ఒక అరుదైన సమయాన దుర్గపు బురుజు నుంచి ఘంటారావం మొదలైంది.’   ‘ఒక మధ్యాహ్నం, వసంతకాలం ఇంక ముగిసిపోతోందనగా, ఆ అసాధారణ సమయాన కోట బురుజు నుంచి ఘంటానాదం విన్పించింది.’  మా అమ్మమ్మ వాళ్ళింట్లోని లైబ్రరీలో, ఏ...

The guest for this Episode is Peter Bush. Born in Lincolnshire, UK, He has translated works from  Catalan , French, Spanish and  Portuguese  to English. He spoke about his Translations in Catalan, Prominent authors in Catalan, Translation as an academic Discipline, and his Experience at the British Center for Literary Translation (BCLT). Bush has been active not only as a translator...

In this episode, Senior translator Alex Zucker spoke about his work, Translation contracts and the Czech Author Jachym Topol. Alex Zucker has translated novels by the Czech authors Magdaléna Platzová, Jáchym Topol, Bianca Bellová, Petra Hůlová, J. R. Pick, Tomáš Zmeškal, Josef Jedlička, Heda Margolius Kovály, Patrik Ouředník, and Miloslava Holubová. He has also Englished stories, plays, subtitles,...

The Guest for Today's Episode is Tiffany Tsao. Tiffany Tsao is a writer and literary translator. She is the author of the novel  The Majesties  and the Oddfits fantasy trilogy (so far,  The Oddfits  and  The More Known World .) She has translated five books from Indonesian into English. For her translation of Budi Darma’s  People from Bloomington , she was awarded the...

Today’s guest is Aananth Daksnamurthy. He is speaking about his passion for reading and publishing and his upcoming trip to India and Srilaka to look for literature for publication as a part of the SALT initiative.  Aananth Daksnamurthy is a Fulbright scholar graduating with a master's in publishing from New York University. His first book, Acquisition, a Swedish novel titled The Details, was...