International Translation Workshop

181:205:0001; IWP:5205:0001
Christopher Merrill, Natasa Durovicova
January 1, 2012 - 2:30pm to 4:20pm
Fall 12
Day(s) of Week: 
Friday
100 Shambaugh House

The Internatonal Translation Workshop partners IWP residents with writer-translators from the University of Iowa to create new works of poetry and fiction in English. The group meets in an informal environment for discussions of problems that arise from the projects at hand, and for shared presentations. After the IWP residents depart Iowa City, the remaining month is spent revising the translations, reading translation criticism, and debating issues in the practice of translation.

Syllabus (PDF)

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  • Ranjit Hoskote’s speech at the 2024 Goa Literary Festival addresses the current situation in Gaza.

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  • In the January 2024 iteration of the French/English non-fiction site Frictions, T J Benson writes about “Riding Afrobeats Across the World.” Also new, a next installment in the bilingual series featuring work by students from Paris VIII’s Creative Writing program and the University of Iowa’s NFW program.

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