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English PEN is the founding centre of a global literary network. We work to defend and promote freedom of expression, and to remove barriers to literature.
English PEN is the founding centre of a global literary network. We work to defend and promote freedom of expression, and to remove barriers to literature.
The Literary Translation Centre at London Book Fair provides a hub for learning, debate and networking for all those passionate about the art and business of literary translation. English PEN presents a panel on sex and the world.
Chaired by Claire Armitstead, Associate Editor, Culture for The Guardian, award-winning authors Jhumpa Lahiri and Domenico Starnone discuss their latest works, their love for Italy and the Italian language, and attitudes towards literary translation. Starnone’s most recent books, Ties and Trick, have both been translated into English from Italian by Jhumpa Lahiri; while Jhumpa Lahiri’s
Calling all literature and translation enthusiasts! If you have translation experience, are passionate about literature and are fluent in a foreign language, then English PEN is looking for you. We are looking for assessors for our PEN Translates grant programme to help us choose which books have the right combination of literary quality, strength of
Pajtim Statovci grew up in Finland. But when he published his first novel, it was his Kosovar heritage that shaped the news coverage.
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Books from fifteen countries and fourteen languages make up the latest round of PEN Translates award winners. These include the first novel from Mauritania to be translated into English; novels translated from minority and lesser translated European languages such as Occitan, Galician and Albanian; and an equal number of male and female authors. Ros Schwartz,