Translating Fascisms
Alex Valente on translating fascism between Italy, the UK and the US.
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Ghosts
As she reflects on the current political situation in her home, Claudia Durastanti elegantly dispatches with the idea of the 'ghost of fascism' that supposedly haunts Italy
the fact of experiencing something or being affected by it because of being in a particular situation or place
Livia Franchini is stuck between two countries and languages, ‘back and forth between two distinct, self-sufficient identities of home’.
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On the occasion of the publication of her latest novel, Elena Ferrante discusses her creative choices and her desire to remain anonymous.
PEN Atlas Q&A: Roberto Saviano
Investigative reporter Roberto Saviano discusses his latest book Zero Zero Zero, the global cocaine trade, and the personal cost of speaking the truth.
PEN Atlas Q&A: Margaret Mazzantini
The author of PEN-supported novel Morning Sea discusses links between writing, revolution and dreaming, and Italy's complex relationship with emigration
The Weight of Language
Elena Ferrante writes for PEN Atlas about the impact of reading Madame Bovary
The Earthquake Method
From constant earthquakes to a Borges story, Giorgio Vasta's dispatch for PEN Atlas offers an original, honest and illuminating take on the current state of Italy and its politics
Grammar and Glamour: On Translating Diego Marani’s New Finnish Grammar
Following our previous PEN Atlas piece by Diego Marani, his English translator Judith Landry talks us through the strange music of Finnish and translation as walking a tight-rope
Translation as a Creative Process
In this week's PEN Atlas piece, award-winning Italian writer and European Commission official Diego Marani considers the role of the author in the translation process
