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PEN Atlas Q&A – Hassan Blasim, author of The Iraqi Christ
PEN Atlas editor Tasja Dorkofikis interviews Hassan Blasim about his new collection of short stories, The Iraqi Christ, winner of a 2012 Writers in Translation award, his experience of censorship, and the importance of cinema for his work
PEN Atlas Q&A – Juan Gabriel Vásquez, author of The Sound of Things Falling
PEN Atlas editor Tasja Dorkofikis talks to critically acclaimed writer Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Of Poets and Aviators: Tagore, Neruda, Césaire
Colombian author Santiago Gamboa writes for PEN Atlas, telling the amazing story of his poet friend and what he was asked to do one day in his job as an air traffic controller
Walking the Tightrope: Globalisation and Localism
Michele Hutchison explores the globalisation debate for PEN Atlas. Do authors consciously write for an international market and, if so, what does that means for authenticity?
The Wizard and the Ghetto
Antonia Lloyd-Jones tells the story of a Polish hero, Janusz Korczak, the children's author who ran an orphanage in the Warsaw ghetto
Day of the Dead 2012
To celebrate Day of the Dead, starting today in Mexico and throughout the world, PEN Atlas reports on the history of the festival, the poetry it has inspired, and its ongoing political relevance.
Fiction Uncovered writers and their favourite books in translation
From writers David Park, Cressida Connolly, Susanna Jones, Dan Rhodes, Peter Benson, Doug Johnstone and Jill Dawson
Literary festivals: playground or construction site?
This week's PEN Atlas piece reports from the Tanpınar literary festival in Turkey. Journalist Ece Temelkuran gives her personal response to this year's festival
PEN Atlas recommends: ITD2012 speakers on their favourite translated books
To celebrate the annual International Translation Day symposium, taking place tomorrow at King's Place, London, Tasja Dorkofikis asks speakers to recommend their favourite books and writers in translation
PEN Atlas – Editor’s Round Up
In the first of a monthly series, PEN Atlas editor Tasja Dorkofikis rounds up some of the highlights so far, and suggests some great further reading for our literary travellers
Artur Domoslawski, autor książki Ryszard Kapuścinski; Non-Fiction, rozmawia z redaktorką PEN Atlas, Tasją Dorkofikis
Spotkania z Arturem Domoslawskim zorganizowane są w Wielkiej Brytanii miedzy 19-26 września.