Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Trafika Europe event April 8 in New York City

Four translators present and discuss their latest work in an evening dedicated to helping Trafika Europe Radio get on the air:
 
Katrine Øgaard  Jensen (Editor in Chief, Columbia Journal) translates poems from Danish by Theis Ørntoft.

 
Alex Zucker (Co-Chair, PEN Translation Committee) reads from Love Letter in Cuneiform, his translation from Czech of Tomáš Zmeškal’s first novel.
 
Jennifer Zoble (Founding Editor of InTranslation) reads and discusses her translation of the new memoir by acclaimed and colorful Bosnian writer Miljenko Jergović.
 
Visiting Armenian poet Marine Petrossian will perform and discuss her own translations from Armenian of her latest poetry.
 
Trafika Europe Director Andrew Singer will be on hand to host this event, and tell you all about Trafika Europe Radio - Europe's literary radio station! This is real community radio for literature from across the whole continent - the 47 countries of Council of Europe

Word Up Community Bookshop
April 8, 2015, 7–9pm
2113 Amsterdam Avenue
(at the corner of 165th Street)
New York, NY 10032
$10 suggested donation—though no one will be turned away.

No comments: