Doris Kareva discusses her belief that literary translation is akin to alchemy, being about creation and recreation, and that transformation is only possible through passionate people taking on texts that are absolutely necessary for them to...
Beyond describing the necessary qualities in translating poetry--"honesty, musical ears, investigating for the right things behind things"--Nadia Abduljabbar's talk goes into the difficulties of translating cultural experiences and expectations...
Welsh author Fflur Dafydd discusses the difference between expression in Welsh and English, contrasting the often euphemistic nature of Welsh with the more straightforward character of English. She then gives examples of how a novel she wrote in...
K.V. Tirumalesh discusses literature, translation, and criticism in this talk given at the Iowa City Public Library on Oct. 6, 2004. Sulkhan Zhordania's talk, "On the Symbolic Action and the Symbolic Association," covers the ideas in stories and...
Alice Pung's talk, titled "A White Dude That Sparkles: Awkward Desire in the Coming of Age Novel," and delves into the embarrassing details of new sexual terrain, especially as described in Young Adult literature. Miloš Djurdjević's talk is...
Milosz Biedrzycki's talk, titled "Jan Kochanowski: Across the Languages, Beyond the Boundaries," discusses the 16th-century poet, who wrote in Polish and Latin, and his centuries-long impact on Polish poetry. Andrea Hirata's talk, "Translating...
In Liu Heng's talk, titled "Wandering between the Novel and Film," Liu orients his comments around his experience writing novels and collaborating with directors, who at times alter his "artistic design." Young-Moon Jung discusses how verbal and...
Kyoko Yoshida tackles the topic of fantasy and reality through identifying "disorientalism" in four parts, taking his audience on a journey that beings with a story by Edgar Allen Poe and ends with Coleridge pursuing the real, rebuilt, Xanadu....
Doris Kareva, of Estonia, has published thirteen poetry collections, most recently Shape of Time (2005). Her poems have been translated into fifteen languages. Kareva participated in the University of Iowa's International Writing Program in 2006....