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Decolonizing Translation: Public Reading of Translations

August 26, 2026 · 5:30 PM Carpenter 201F
Decolonizing Translation: Public Reading of Translations
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About This Event

Anton Chekhov’s short story Dear Lessons (Dorogie uroki[Дорогие уроки], 1887), translated anew from Russian by Addison Verrill Excerpts from Sevim Burak’s novel/play Everest My Lord (İşte Baş, İşte Gövde, İşte Kanatlar, 1984), translated from Turkish by Berre Kahraman Selected love poems by Sappho (6th–7th centuries BCE), translated from Aeolic Greek by Jagger Stachtiaris Fouad Laroui’s short story Jay, or the Invention of God (Jay ou l’invention de Dieu, 2014), translated from Moroccan French by Thomas Kornfeld A reading from Gregory Rabassa’s translation of Gabriel García Márquez’s novel One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad, 1967), presented by Benjamin Lin A reading from Rita Wong’s translingual poetry collections monkeypuzzle (1998) and forage (2007), presented by Max Curzon Excerpts from Kim Gu’s Diary of Baekbeom (Baekbeomilji [백범일지]: “My Wish,” 1947; “Author’s Preface,” 1947; “Part One: Preface,” 1929), translated from Korean by Stephen Kim “The First Branch” from the Mabinogion (Pwyll Pendeuic Dyfed, first recorded in manuscripts c. 1350 and c. 1400), translated anew from Middle Welsh by Charles Rawlinson Mónica Ojeda’s short story The Flying Women (Las voladoras, 2020), translated from Ecuadorian Spanish by Elizabeth Dalton An excerpt from Miguel de Unamuno’s experimental novel Saint Manuel Bueno, Martyr (San Manuel Bueno, mártir, 1931), translated from Castilian Spanish by Francisco Roldan for more info: Lada.Kolomiyets @dartmouth.edu

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