Welcome to Wales Arts Review‘s new podcast series with Sophie Baggott, who, over the coming months, will be exploring women’s literature from around the world. BookSHElf is a new series of interviews and reviews delving into the world of translation.
In episode 1, Sophie Baggott talks with English PEN’s Translation Manager, Theodora Danek.
Theodora joined English PEN in November 2016 to manage the translation programme. She has a passion for language, literature and history, having previously worked as an Editorial Consultant at New Books in German, as Programme Manager at the Austrian Cultural Forum London and as a Museum Educator at the Technisches Museum Vienna. She is an unrepentant European and holds masters degrees in History and Religious Studies from the universities of Vienna and Durham.
Books recommended:
Abandon and Panty by Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay, transl. Arunava Sinha (Tilted Axis Press)
Go Went Gone, Visitation and The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck, transl. Susan Bernofsky (Portobello Books)
Arturo’s Island (transl. Isabel Quigley, currently out of print) and History (transl. William Weaver, Penguin Modern Classics) by Elsa Morante
Music credit: Dee Yan Key
Welcome to Wales Arts Review‘s new podcast series with Sophie Baggott, who, over the coming months, will be exploring women’s literature from around the world. BookSHElf is a new series of interviews and reviews delving into the world of translation.
In episode 1, Sophie Baggott talks with English PEN’s Translation Manager, Theodora Danek.
Theodora joined English PEN in November 2016 to manage the translation programme. She has a passion for language, literature and history, having previously worked as an Editorial Consultant at New Books in German, as Programme Manager at the Austrian Cultural Forum London and as a Museum Educator at the Technisches Museum Vienna. She is an unrepentant European and holds masters degrees in History and Religious Studies from the universities of Vienna and Durham.
