In this episode, Clayton McKee speaks with German-French author Anne Weber and translator Neil Blackadder about the novel Fatherland. Anne discusses her relationship to both French and German languages and the exploration of the past in her writing. Neil discusses his translation work of Anne’s novel as well as his career more generally. You can read an excerpt of Fatherland in TE23: Double Feature. Please like, comment, and share this podcast to help us find a larger audience. If you're financially able, you can contribute to our Patreon, our GoFundMe, or make a one-time donation by emailing ..read more

In this episode, English translator of German, Jo Heinrich, discusses her translation of Katja Oskamp's Marzahn, Mon Amour. This novel was shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation and won the 2023 Dublin Literary Award.  Please like, comment, and share this podcast to help us find a larger audience. If you're financially able, you can contribute to our Patreon, our GoFundMe, or make a one-time donation by emailing trafikaeurope@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!   Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/trafikaeurope See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info ..read more

Host Joe Williams speaks with Swedish author and journalist Marit Kapla on her book Osebol, translated by Peter Graves, which documents and aestheticizes the voices that inhabit a remote Swedish village, creating a poetic polyphony depicting a cross-section of life in rural Sweden. Includes an excerpt from the book, in English translation by Peter Graves, performed by Bailee Wolfe. Osebol has just won the 2022 Warwick University Women in Translation prize and is available in the UK from publisher Allen Lane. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/trafikaeurope See omnystudio.com/listener fo ..read more

Host Kate Williams speaks with German author, poet and sound artist, Ulrike Almut Sandig, and translator, Karen Leeder, about Ulrike's novel, Monsters Like Us, published in English translation by Seagull Books. They discuss the inspiration behind the novel and its themes of coming of age and violence, whether or not it's important to have a good grasp of the source culture to translate a book, and the use of poetic language and music in the novel. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/trafikaeurope See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information ..read more

Host Joe Williams speaks with Galician poet Lara Dopazo Ruibal and translator Lau Cesarco Eglin about Lara's recently translated poetry collection claus and the scorpion, available now from co·im·press. They discuss the duality of violence and shelter which occurs in the book, as well as the political and aesthetic implications of working with minoritized languages. Includes bilingual readings. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/trafikaeurope See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information ..read more

Portuguese author and journalist Susana Moreira Marques and her translator Julia Sanches speak with host Jordan Rouleau about Susana's book, Now and at the Hour of Our Death, published in English by And Other Stories. As a work of creative nonfiction, Susana spent time accompanying a palliative care team to Trás-os-Montes, a forgotten corner of northern Portugal, to connect with and observe the dying. She discusses this experience and her renewed relationship with death. This interview features a bilingual reading from the book. Fascinating! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/trafikaeur ..read more

Author Elena Medel and translator Lizzie Davis join host Joe Williams to discuss Elena's latest novel, The Wonders (out now from Pushkin Press & Algonquin Books), a poetic portrait of Spanish womanhood in 20th-century Spain, which explores how capitalism conditions human relationships. We also enjoy a bilingual reading from the book. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/trafikaeurope See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information ..read more

Host Ilka Demmler speaks with highly awarded author Buket Uzuner, named one of the 75 Most Influential Women of the Republic of Turkey. The pair discuss Ecofeminism in relation to her writing, and they focus on her novel, The Adventures of Misfit Defne Kalman: Earth, from which we enjoy a bilingual excerpt, in English translation by Andrew Boord, performed by Yana Ellis. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/trafikaeurope See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information ..read more

Stash Luczkiw is a poet, editor, and literary translator from Italian and Ukrainian. In this episode, host Alina Zhurbenko talks with him all about the creative process of translation, focusing on the novel, This Looming Day by Antonella Lattanzi, and we hear an excerpt in original Italian and English translation. You can also enjoy excerpts from This Looming Day in the immediately forthcoming issue, Trafika Europe 22: Potpourri, free online. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/trafikaeurope See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information ..read more

Host Ilka Demmler speaks with Bosnian author Lejla Kalamujić and translator Jennifer Zoble about Lejla´s short story collection, Call Me Esteban (Sandorf Passage, 2021), focusing on the profundity of Lejla´s writing, the situation of literature in the Balkans, and the connecting power of literature. During the conversation we enjoy an excerpt reading of the short story "Call Me Esteban" in original Bosnian performed by the author and in English translation read by Jennifer Zoble. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/trafikaeurope See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information ..read more